The Farm Next Door

There were many busy, happy days for the Hiebert Family when they moved to the house next to Grandpa’s farm. But there were struggles too. Betty felt she was too big to be bothered so much by Mother’s absence, when Grandma needed help and Mother spent the night there. Yet even as Betty thought about the fact that Mother would be gone tonight, and she wouldn’t miss her if she was asleep, the aching sensation refused to go away.