SMALL TOWN BIG CATCH 24

for the next week del was busy with the carpenters working on enlarging the house. sharon and mike stayed busy shopping for things to go in the addition. when he could del would take a horse and go ride through his cows. he was liveing the dream he had always wanted, thanks to a old batchalor he had befriended and respected. some times he felt he needed to pinch himself to see if it wasnt a dream. jerry had made a habit of being there every night for supper. and sharon was liveing it up. mike had drawen closer to jerry over time. del looked at the three of them and saw a budding little family group. that made him happy. del wanted to relax a bit and enjoy life. but jerry was still strung tight as a fiddle string. he admitted he didnt know why, just a feeling he had. del thought jerry came to supper every night to check on sharon and mike. del had stopped shoing horses for the public. he shod his own and took care of them as if they were his own children. he had been shopping for a replacement for the one that he had lost. he had one pictured in his mind just how he wanted to be. but had yet to find him. every morning when he stepped out on the porch on his way to the barn he looked to the sky and said a little thank you prayer. he wasnt very religious but he knew enough to know where all these good things he was experianceing came from. he no longer carrid a firearm. he was relaxed. he didnt constantly search the sky line while rideing. he took his time and looked at his cows. it was a healing process.at night he slept the sleep of the just.