Cedar Woman (140 page)

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Authors: Debra Shiveley Welch


C
ha!
D
i
d
a
ny
one
ev
e
r
see such
a
be
a
u
ti
ful
chi
l
d
?

Re
va
ask
e
d, swaying
slig
h
tly in
t
h
e
u
n
i
v
ersal way
w
o
m
en r
o
ck w
h
en h
o
l
d
ing
a
b
a
b
y
.
Now
8
0
,
Re
v
a Two
Stri
k
es Catc
h
er
still
s
to
o
d
stra
i
gh
t, filled
h
er da
y
s w
i
t
h w
or
k
,
an
d
was
no
w
c
a
reg
i
ver
f
o
r h
e
r
great
-
g
r
an
d
s
o
n.
A
lo
ng w
i
th
t
h
e
rest
a
u
r
a
nt, Lena
inh
e
rited
V
i
ck
i
’s
h
ou
s
e
in
Wester
v
ille.
Sta
nd
i
ng
on
a
pri
v
ate
la
k
e,
t
h
e sere
n
e at
m
o
s
ph
ere
h
e
l
p
ed
t
o calm the
young
widow
wh
e
n
stress
th
r
eatened
t
o
over
c
o
m
e
her.
She
m
issed
her
be
l
ov
e
d
co
n
d
o
,
b
u
t it wasn’t t
h
e
sa
m
e now
t
h
at
M
ichael was no
l
on
g
er
t
h
ere with
he
r
.
Re
n
ting
it
to
a
y
o
u
ng
co
uple,
s
h
e
m
oved
to
t
h
e
h
o
u
se in Wester
v
ille, a
n
d t
h
ere awaited
t
h
e
birth
o
f
h
e
r c
h
il
d
.
Reva
m
oved
in
with
h
e
r
gr
an
d
d
a
u
g
h
te
r
,
and
watch
e
d
t
h
e
y
ou
n
g
Logan
w
h
ile h
i
s
m
o
t
h
er
wo
r
k
ed
at t
h
e
do
wn
t
o
w
n
restaur
a
nt.
At
age
t
w
o
m
on
t
hs,
Lo
gan
u
nd
er
w
ent
lip
c
los
u
r
e
s
u
r
g
er
y
.
He
still need
e
d
a
Me
a
d
Johnson
Cleft
Palate
Nur
s
er
to
eat;
his
hard
and
s
o
ft

 

 

88
Hoh,
Mee-kah
-
ooh
-
y
a
y
oh
-
ya
h-
pee
h
e
h
tdchey
tduu
ye
h
loh

Ho
all
of
m
y relations.
I
have
spoken
and
it is
so.
p
alates
were
s
t
ill
op
en,
a
n
d
he
co
u
ld
n
’t form
a
v
ac
uu
m
to
s
u
c
k
.
T
h
e
s
o
ft- sided bottles
allowed
a
n
yone
fe
e
d
ing
Log
a
n
to
g
e
ntly
squeeze
his for
m
u
la i
n
to
h
is
m
ou
t
h
.
L
og
a
n
was f
e
d
u
p
ri
gh
t
.
His
u
v
u
l
a was also
s
p
lit, and
s
i
nce
its
f
u
ncti
o
n
was
to
stop
a
b
ab
y
from
chok
i
ng
w
h
ile
l
y
ing sup
i
ne, t
h
e
u
p
r
ight
p
o
sition p
r
event
e
d
t
h
is
fr
o
m
occu
r
ri
n
g.
Lo
g
an
thri
v
e
d
,
an
d
was
soo
n
s
p
ortin
g
ch
u
bb
y
c
h
ee
k
s,
h
i
s
littl
e
le
g
s filli
n
g
ou
t
and
k
i
c
k
i
n
g
in
t
h
e
air
wi
t
h
g
u
s
t
o.
His
eyes
were
lar
g
e
a
n
d
b
r
o
w
n
,
draw
i
n
g
e
v
eryo
n
e’s
atte
n
ti
o
n
to
t
h
e
m
.
His
l
it
t
le
no
se
was
ca
n
ted
t
o
t
h
e
l
ef
t
.
S
in
ce
h
i
s
a
l
veol
a
r
r
id
g
e,
o
r
u
pp
e
r
gum
li
n
e,
w
a
s
also
cl
e
f
t
ed,

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