Changing Habits
Chapter One
Kathleen waited in the cold rain of a Seattle winter as her brother placed her suitcase in the trunk of his car. She
felt as awkward and disoriented as she probably looked, standing there in her unfashionable wool coat and clumsy black
shoes. For the last ten years she'd been Sister Kathleen, high school teacher and part-time bookkeeper for St. Peter's
parish in Minneapolis. Her identity had been defined by her vocation.
Now she was simply Kathleen. And all she'd managed to accumulate in her years of service was one flimsy suitcase and a
wounded heart. She had no savings, no prospects and no home. For the first time in her life, she was completely on her
own.
"I'll do whatever I can to help you," Sean said, opening the car door for her.
"You already have." Tears stung her eyes as her brother backed out of his driveway. She'd spent the last two months
living at his house, a small brick bungalow in this quiet neighborhood. "I can't thank you enough," she whispered, not
wanting him to hear the emotion in her voice.
"Mom and Dad want you to come home."
"I can't." How did a ... read full excerpt from: Changing Habits ebook
