Chapter 7
Cartoon voices filtered into the kitchen from the television in the den, and Kate found it comforting, listening to Holly giggle every once in a while at the antics of her favorite animated bear. Kate had watched enough episodes of this particular show not to worry about the content, so she went about giving her kitchen a solid cleaning, happy for a few minutes to do so without Holly asking for anything. Not that she wouldn’t be glad to stop and assist her darling daughter, but sometimes it was nice to have her distracted for a solid thirty minutes so Kate could take care of grownup things—like cleaning out the refrigerator or washing out the bottom of the trash can.
As she cleaned, her mind wandered back to the sermon the night before. On Wednesday nights, the Associate Pastor
