News travels fast in a small town, and faster it seems, in the vallies shadowed by the West Virginia Mountians. A product of her own parents unwavering faith, Faith Noelle was born to Mr. Richard and Mrs. Emily Johnson on Christmas day twenty eight years ago. Richard, a hard working farmer and his loving wife of what seemed ato be lifetime, "Miss Emily", owned a farm in Clay county West Virginia. After years of trying, and many tears and prayers God sent them their miracle on a cold winters night. The sky was clear and the air was crisp. The stars lit the sky like diamonds for miles, as far as the eye could see. Miss Emily tells the story to this day with a glow. It seems somehow the faith of her parents could not be adopted by their only daughter, Faith Livingston, her faith had been jaded by the events that have continued to unfold in her life. With a heavy heart she stands by the window of the old farmhouse she grew up in. The snow dances throught the air as the wind blows almost as if it has it's own voice. She stares hauntingly as a teardrop falls from her chin onto the windowsil. She swallows hard wiping her bloodshot eyes.
It was the day she had always feared. The day she had hoped would never come. Cold and snowy as the day she was born, she remebered how he had ran back in to kiss her bye before he had headed out to work that winter's morning. Her mind drifts back to the day she met him. She was sixteen and working as a cashier in a local grocery store. Every day at twelve O'clock ha went through her line. A Mountian Dew, a deli-sub, a snickers bar and a bag of funyons. He worked at a nearby lumber yard where his father had gotten him a job right after graduation. He dropped by the store on his lunch break every day. She watched the clock each day as the hand grew closer to twelve her heart pounded harder inside of her chest. He seemed kind of shy. He made her smile and gave her butterfiies. She remembered him from school, he was a couple of grades ahead of her. She had always had a secret crush on him but was sure he didn't know she existed. She had taken the job for the summer, she remembered the first time he went through her line. She could barely look at him. She felt her face get warm and flushed, when he spoke to her. "We went to school together, didn't we?'' he smiled. "I'm Alex", he added. "I"m Faith", she said bashfully. "Well nice to meet you Faith". "So did we?'' "Did we what?" she ask him with a puzzled look. "Go to school together silly", he laughed with a smile."Oh yeah", she too began to laugh."I think you were ahead of me." Every day he bought the same thing. she smiles to herself as she remembers asking him if he had an addiction. "Doesn't everyone?" he had ask her. "I'll bet there is something that you just can't live without". She thought for a minute, not daring to say what she really couldn't do without, which was surely "HE," that was her addiction!!! "Hmmmm...maybe frozen Reeses, or Lime Tostitos." When he was near her, she could barely breathe. He was tall and handsome, muscular with big strong hands. His voice was deep, yet he was soft spoken. His hair was jet black, just down on the back of his neck, and wavy. He had a light mustache. If there was such a thing as love at first sight, she had found it, or better yet it had found her. In a whirwind romance Alex Livingston had swept her off her feet. After two years of dating Faith and Alex were married in a small church in West Virginia, with close friends and family nearby. They lived a happy live out in the country near Faith's parents farm, yet far away enough to have their own privacy. Alex continued to work at the lumber yard, eventually moving up to the main boss in the company. Faith had chosen a different path than her sweet mother who was a farmer's wife, living a simple life. She wanted more. She was sure there was something out there beyond those mountians. She was sure just as God had sent Alex to her, he would show her what she was meant to do in this life. Her faith was strong
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- wvcoffeechick
on Sep. 14, 2010 at 7:12 AM