“Jed’s Father” by Audrey O.

Day two is here for the daily posting of stories by written by students (weekdays only, not weekends). The teacher of their class challenged them to write back stories of one of the characters in my first book, A Mighty Fortress. It was a lot of fun reading them all. Today we have one by Audrey O. and it is about Jed’s father. If you haven’t read the book yet, it’s on sale right now for 99 cents. Enjoy the story and watch for the next story tomorrow! Note: The stories will all be unedited and posted as each high school student wrote them.

Jed’s Father

by Audrey O.

“A mighty fortress is our God.” Every time the man hears the song he remembers. He remembers that beautiful day, and every torture that had happened after. He remembers and he mourns.

It was a beautiful bright day, but even if it hadn’t been, it still would have been the happiest the man had ever been in his entire life. Today was his wedding day. Finally he would be wed to Jane, the love of his life. The music she had chosen rang out over the ranch. A mighty fortress is our God. When he hears it, he thinks of her, of her beautiful faith in God, and how she will always lean on him when life is hard. He turned back and saw her, walking towards him on her father’s arm. She was the most beautiful, amazing person he had ever seen.

As she reached him, her father went to sit down. She reached for him, and grabbed his hand. They hadn’t been able to get her an expensive dress, they weren’t rich, but she still looked radiant. She smiled up at him, and turned to the minister. The service was a blur. All he remembered was her smile, beaming up at him. The moment they kissed was the best in his entire life.

he man was so happy. Happy for such a long time. They had two wonderful children, and a third on the way. Months passed, and Jane got bigger, the baby in her stomach growing. They couldn’t agree on what to name the baby, but that was alright. They loved each other, and they leaned on God in the hard times, and on each other, and they were happy.

“Esther” by Sarah A.

Today is the start of a daily posting of stories by written by students (weekdays only, not weekends). The teacher of their class challenged them to write back stories of one of the characters in my first book, A Mighty Fortress. It was a lot of fun reading them all. Today we have one by Sarah A. and it is about Esther, Joshua and Ruth’s older sister. If you haven’t read the book yet, it’s on sale right now for 99 cents. Enjoy the story and watch for the next story tomorrow! Note: The stories will all be unedited and posted as each high school student wrote them.

Esther

by Sarah A.

Hello, my name is Ester. I was born on September 3^rd. I grew up with my older brother Matthew and my two parents and my older sister Martha and my younger brother Joshua and my younger sister Ruth. We had a happy home.

When I was about 7 years old I started school. I was really frightened but I knew my parents knew best by sending me to school. Other children frightened me. I was afraid they weren’t going to like me, so I usually hid from them. I could just hear them laughing at me, even though their laughter was all in my head.

Much to my disbelief, I actually began to like school. I met my best friend there, Ally. She and I did everything together. We walked through the prairie together, and picked apples together and played house. It was so much fun.

I went to school in a small, one roomed, white school house. Our teacher was Mr. Bell. He wasn’t the nicest man in the world, but he was one of the smartest. Some days I wondered if he even liked children at all. But then my parents told me that he was doing something called, “tough love”. He pushed us for our own good they said.