It had already been a beautiful morning. The wind always seemed to blow in this part of Nebraska, but the sunshine warmed Noell’s skin. Birds flapped in and out of the neighborhood trees, twittering their approval of the fine day.
Noell laughed as she slammed the front door. In fact she laughed so hard, that she dropped some of the mail. “I can’t believe it.” The door blew open again. “It’s so windy.” She pushed her backside against it. “There.” She picked up the mail and walked into the living room. “I just taught that door a lesson.”
“A lesson?” Bea didn’t even look up from her coloring. “Like in a school lesson?” She picked up a blue crayon and scratched her head. “The door goes to school?”
Katty sat down beside her at the kitchen table and checked Bea’s hair. “I need to give you a b
