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hand. “Ach, Jonah, just relax. You’d think you were the one getting
     married today.”
    Wish I were
, Jonah
thought. I’d give nearly anything to be marrying Meredith today. I just need to be
     patient and wait till the time is right
.
    “Think I’ll go out and see what’s taking Dad so long,” he said.
    Mom rolled her eyes. “Go ahead if you must, but I think you’re being too impatient.”
    As Jonah headed out the back door, he heard Herbie barking. Then he caught sight of
     the dog running out of the buggy shop, yipping like his tail was on fire.
    “What’s the matter, boy?” Jonah asked when Herbie dashed up to him and started pawing
     at his pant leg.
    Woof! Woof!
The dog raced back to the buggy shop, as though he was trying to coax Jonah to follow.
    Sensing that something was amiss, Jonah quickened his steps. When he stepped into
     the buggy shop, he found Dad trapped between a buggy and the floor.
    “Dad!” Jonah hollered, rushing across the room. “What happened? Are you hurt?”
    “Th–the buggy…slipped off the prop…and has me pinned,” Dad panted in raspy breaths.
     “It’s…tight against my…chest and hard…to breathe.”
    “Stay calm, Dad; I’ll get you out of there,” Jonah said, trying to compose himself.
    Using strength he didn’t know he had, he lifted the buggy off Dad and put its frame
     back on the prop where it had been.
    Dad stood, but after a few seconds, he started to fall. Jonah was able to catch him
     and help him lie on the floor. “It’s okay, Dad; I’ve got you.”
    Dad’s breathing improved, and the color started coming back to his face. “Just stay
     put,” Jonah instructed. “I’m going to the phone shack to call 911.”
    Just then, Jonah’s mother rushed into the shop. “What happened?” she asked, with a
     look of alarm.
    “Go to Dad!” Jonah pointed to the spot where Dad lay on the floor. “He got pinned
     under the buggy, but he’s breathing somewhat better now. Stay with him while I go
     and call for help.”

    Paradise, Pennsylvania
    Meredith smiled as she watched Laurie and Kevin take their places at the front of
     the Mennonite church, in readiness to say their vows. Joy radiated from both their
     faces, and Laurie looked lovely, wearing a modest, beautiful, white satin dress. Kevin,
     dressed in a dark suit and white shirt, looked equally handsome.
    As the young couple looked lovingly into each other’s eyes, Meredith’s thoughts went
     to Luke. It was hard to believe he’d been gone nearly a year. So much had happened
     since then—Levi’s birth, putting their house up for rent, and now being courted by
     Jonah, a man Luke had never met. But over the last couple of days, Meredith had sensed
     that if Luke had known Jonah, he would have had a good opinion of him, just like everyone
     else in their community did.
    Continuing to watch her sister’s wedding, it was hard for Meredith not to think about
     the day she’d wed Luke. Other than the birth of her son, her wedding had been the
     happiest day of her life. She and Luke had been joyous, filled with dreams for the
     future.
    Things had changed the day Luke left for Indiana. No one planned for disaster. Without
     warning, tragedy had ripped her heart out. But as much as she hadn’t wanted it to
     happen, life had moved forward one step at a time.
    Meredith glanced around the church.
I wonder where Jonah is
. He and his folks had been invited to the wedding, and they’d said they would be
     here. It seemed strange that they hadn’t come. It made Meredith wonder if everything
     was okay. Surely they hadn’t forgotten.
    She closed her eyes and offered a prayer:
Be with the Millers, Lord, and if they’re on the road with their horse and buggy,
     please keep them safe
.

    Philadelphia
    “I appreciate you coming with me today,” Susan said as she and Luke entered a furniture
     store on the outskirts of the city. “Grandpa’s old chair is getting pretty worn, so
     Anne and I want