Good Mother, Bad Mother

father shared with them. “The Bible says to put away all bitterness, and malice, and anger, and wrath, and hatred, and to not let the sun go down on your wrath. In other words, do not harbor anger.”

The girls fell silent.

“You girls do not hate your mother, do you?”

“No, Dad! We love her; you know we do. It's just that she ignores us and acts like we do not even exist; like what we have to say is not important,” Valerie said.

“She did not even apologize for missing the performance,” Suzanna said. “We saw her hurrying to the front. I guess she was trying to psych us out.”

“I'm sure she will apologize.” Tobias said wistfully.

“I wish--” “No, don't wish...unless it is something good. Is it something good?” Tobias said.

“Well...not really,” Valerie admitted. “I was only going to say I wish Mrs. Taylor was our mother.”

Tobias smiled. “So you have chosen a new mother already, huh? Girls, God gave you the mother He wants you to have. Your mother can be like Mrs. Taylor—even better than Mrs. Taylor. Just pray for her. She has some personal issues I've encouraged her to take care of. She had