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ItwasearlyDeSurihAmerica,justafterthewetseasonhadbegun。RaitheroofasIhelpedRose,mysix-year-olddaughter,getreadyforbed。Butsomethingwasonhermind。Shelookedatmeressioninherdarkeyes,evehanwhenmyhusband,Terry,andIfirstmetherinthelethreemonthsearlier。
“Idon'twanttobeaheschoolpageant,”shesaidpleadingly。
“You'llbewonderful,”Isaid,smoothio。
“Alltheelsintheplayarewhite,”shesaid。“Ihavebrownskin。”
Iwastakenabagelseinallcolors,”Itoldher,andkissedhergoodnight。Still,Ihadafeelingthisversationwasn'tover。
TerryahrilledtoadoptRose。Atthee,Ihadseenessaionbehindherapprehension。WeeheAmeriMissionarySchthesooedtobeingwithAmeri,theeasieritwouldbeforherwheurheUestolive。
RoseeakiEnglishwithintwomonths。Still,shedidn'tfeellikeshefitinatschool。TheprospectoftheChristmasplayhadsharpeshewasdifferent。
“IthinkI'lljuststandinthebackrow,”shetoldmeoneday,asthoughshe'dsolvedtheproblem。
“ThenDaddyandIwon'tbeabletoseeel,”Isaid。Ididn'tushtoohard。
Afewweeksbeforetheplay,herteachercalledameetingwithsomeofthemotherstodises。“WouldyoumakeRose'se?”herteacheraskedme。
“e?Ibarelysewonabutton!”Ilaughed。
“Ifymesomefabric,”shesaid,“I'llbehappytomakeit。”Relievedthatwassettled,IheadedhometohelpRosepracticefram。
“Glodi,ah,peace,goodwilltomeimidly。“Didthatsoundokaytoyou,Mom?”
“Justperfeowtryalittlelouder。”IfRosegottenoughaboutherline,Idecided,shemightgetmoretabouthersenseofbelonging。
Onthebignight,TerryaoourseatsahisbeaspecialtimeforRose,Lord。Somethingwasholdinguptheshow。
&eachersemergedfrombackstage。Shesedtheaudiendmadeabeeliome。“Mrs。Reznicsek,”shewhispered,“we'tfindRose'se。”
Rose'se!We'dbeensherlinesIhadfottentosupplythematerial!Allourhardwork。。。。NowRosereallywouldn'tfeellikeshefitin。“I'msosorry,”Itoldher。
“Theprinagingaround。He'llfihingweuse,”shesaid。“Sittight,andprayhard!”
&ronggirl,”Terrysaid。“Awoparentswhetherthrhpatches。”
Thefiledoage。ItriedtotrateoItedthemiheangels—andmyRose—appeared。Iclappedmyhandstomymouth。TherestoodRose,froandingtallibeautifuleofall:abillohewaistwithashimmeringgoldsatinsash。
“Glodi,ah,peace,goodwilltomen!”mydaughterjubilantlyaherestoftheangels。Icouldhearhervoiall。ItwasthebestChristmaspageantI'deverseen。
“Mom,Ididit!Iwasanangel!”Rosecalledbreathlesslyassheingtowardmeaftertheplay。“Whenthey'tfindmyeIdidn'twanttogoon,”shesaid,“buttheheraheyneededme!”
Ihuggedhertight。“Iamsoproudofyou,Rose。Allyouangelsshouldsticktogetherfromnowon。”
StillIwondered:wherehadthat?AsRosecelebratedwithherclassmates,herteaeaside。“Theprincipalwasataloss,”sheexplaihappesomefabritopofthecupboard。Whenhereadtuggedoumefellintohishands。ItfitRoseperfectly!”