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Chapter twenty three, part five

Deborah took it easy the next morning. They put away all the presents her children had recieved before getting into any schoolwork. Back in the day helping her siblings with schoolwork was tough. Now that she had her own children it was still a bit tough but with the organisation. She didn't have a child old enough to watch the little ones while she was buzy teaching. The matter her children had to learn was easy. Andrew was, as the oldest, the most advanced. But she had grown with him as he got older. That was a way more comfortable way of starting to teach as in the old days back at home. She always tried new techniks to teach her children the matter they had to learn. Making it fun made it all easier. For her, the older ones but also the younger ones. They could parcipate in their own way in the fun. Most of the time she taught them to play while she was buzy teaching. Israel was still too young to comprihend it but he would learn it just like the others had done.

Whenever they were done it was always a big relieve, for the children both young and old, but also for her. The biggest task of the day was done. Now she could do the other stuff, the laundry, groceries or cooking. Ofcourse spending time with the children was also part of the day. But with every child she got the time she got to spend with them was even more slimmed down. She hated that.

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Chapter twenty three, part four

After such a nice afternoon with her family, even though her grandfather had passed away and they would all see eachother later that week at his funeral, Deborah walked with Israel on her hip straigt to the bedroom of her youngest children. They were all tired. Help from Aidan wasn't on the list of expectations. Deborah was used to doing it all alone. She had her strategy and her children all very well knew what was to be expected from them. They all learned pretty quickly that they had to wait sometimes.

When she had all her children in the beds Deborah went straight to her own bed. She was also tired after such a long afternoon filled with emotions. Tomorrow would be another day she had to do with all her children while Aidan worked. Maybe she also had to do some stuff for the funeral. Although Anna had promised her that she had to take her rest. If one person knew how huge her burden was it was her. Anna, as the oldest, had always been in charge of the younger once. Even when she was just little herself. Deborah, as the fourth daughter of her parents wasn't used as such until later. Years later she now had many children while Anna was still at home, single, taking care of the younger ones.

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Chapter twenty three, part three

Coming back home from the birthdaysunday was a bit different then Deborah had expected. During the celebration a phonecall had interupted them. Her grandfather had died in the hospital. The call came just before Israel would get his presents. It was a good thing they ended with him and not her father or Hadassa. Especially not with Shiloh. Her youngest sister turned eight years old and was always looking for a way not to feel small and overlooked. It was still weird that her youngest sister and brother were younger then some of her own children. Evan, who was far away was older then both of them. Andrew was only older then Timothy. They enjoyed playing together a lot. Gerald, the son of Bernice and Gerald often joined then. They were a good group together. Deborah liked her son having a nephew and uncle close in age to play with. Most of her children had that. While she had a lot of boys, her married siblings also had boys. When she had Priscilla, there was a string of girls. Deborah hoped that now that she had another girl some of her brothers or sisters would also have a girl for Camilla to play with on family occasions.

After the phone call came they all started to bring up memories they had from their grandfather. Deborah was sad about losing her grandfather but thinking about all those memories was nice. Talking about them with all her siblings was even nicer. The only think that frustrated her was Aidan. He always had to be the reverent. If only he could be just a person for once. He talked on and on about how their grandfather was now in heaven and all the other stuff that came with dead. Deborah sighted when she thought about it. Espically when he came with all sorts of bibleverses and explainations that didn't make sense to her. And when she asked about them he would sigh that woman never understood those kind of things. Deborah shook her head. She understood a lot but he just didn't make sense.

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Chapter twenty three, part two

At her parents house they would make big piles for every person who had their birthday that month. Now that so many of Deborahs brothers and sisters were married there were many more presents to hand out. Most of the time different groups bought a present so they could buy something a little bit bigger instead of serveral smaller presents. Deborah had bought presents together with Hadassa and Bernice. It was also nice to discuss a little together what to buy. It made it all easier.

When everybody got there they started to sing for the birthdayboys and girls. After that they ate cake. Everytime there were different people who made the cake. They all took turns. Deborah was excused because of her pregnancy. Just a month and a little bit before the baby would be here. She probably would deliver before the due date as she always did. After the cake it was time for the presents. They made it a rule to start with the youngest but Deborah said that this time they could finish with the youngest because Israel would be turning one and didn't really understand what was happening so it wouldn't matter. Her other birthdaychildren, Judah and Priscilla had a better understanding of what a birthday entiled. Priscilla turned two years old and was very excited about getting presents. Her real birthday was already a couple days ago. Judah and Israel still had to turn five and one.

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Chapter twenty three, part one

It's was the sunday in april that they all went to their parents house to celebrate all the birthdays. The family got so big that celebrating every individual birthday was too much. So they decided not too long ago that they would start with a new tradition. Every month there was one sunday that they all spent at their parents house to celebrate everybody who had a birthday that month. It was pretty simple. Today was such a sunday. All the presents had to be loaded in the car before church because they would go right afterwards.

Deborah had asked Aidan to carry all the presents to the car and he wanted the older boys to help. They gladly did. Deborah watched the younger ones and put them in their carseats. Most of the april birthdays were birthdays from their little family. Judah, Priscilla and Israel all had their birthday in april. Hadassa also had her birthday that month, so did Shiloh and Deborahs father. The celebrations probably wouldn't be so glorious as they wanted to because Deborahs grandfather was admitted to the hospital yesterday. As a family they decided to go ahead with the birthday sunday because off all the little children anticipating presents. Her father and Hadassa would be fine with moving the party to a different moment but for Shiloh en Deborahs children that wouldn't be explainable. So off they went with all the presents in the back of their big car. All the children had to fit in.

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Chapter twenty two, part six

Then it was time for Deborah to put her oldest boys to bed. They had a bunkbed in their room. Andrew slept on top so she couldn't give him a kiss goodnight when he was in his bed. So she did before he climbed up the stairs.

Caleb and Judah were two boys who were a hand full. Andrew felt his responsibility as the oldest but those two didn't. Malachi was her sweet boy. He looked like her on the outside and inside. Aidan was harst towards him most of the time. He had to be tough according to her husband but Deborah didn't minded him being a bit more sensitive. Whenever she needed help he was there for her.

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Chapter twenty two, part four

Deborah didn't knew if the women from church looked with her with pity or with jealousy. She had given birth to seven, soon eight children in some kind of recordtime. Not even her parents had so many children in such a short time. She had children within a year after eachother two times in a row while nobody in church had ever had that happen to them. Nobody was surprised when she announced she was expecting again while still having a little baby in her arms. She and Aidan had more children then some couples who were married way before them. Aidan was very proud at his growing quiver. He said he showed the people of their church how it was done. Deborah thought it was better that no one followed in their footsteps. Taking care of so many little children without much help was hard. Her mother would send a sibling to her house reguarly to help out but most of it came on her own sholders and that was though. But she had to be thankful for her children. Complaining wasn't something she was aloud to do. Especially not about children, they were a gift from the Lord. You don't complain about gifts.

Her life was mostly at home taking care of her children, day in day out. Teaching the oldest ones while watching the little ones. And doing the household tasks in between. Just thinking about all of it made her dizzy. Today it wouldn't be a day like that. She had the wedding. Her children would be looked after by their aunts while she could sit down enjoying some relaxing time in the middle of all those people.

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Chapter twenty two, part two

Deborah herself was now mother to seven children. Six boys and one daughter. Her parents were blessed with many daughters at the beginning of their marriage. Her father didn't really like it as he longed for a son but for Deborahs mother it was very handy to have so many girls helping her taking care of the little ones. Deborah now knew how nice it was as her only daughter wasn't even two years old yet and wasn't of any help yet. Her boys had to do more then her own brothers had to do in the past.

Her parents now had it easy in the house. Ofcourse the older girls weren't at home to do most of the work but Anna still wasn't married and did most of the things for way less people then it used to be when Deborah was still living with her parents. Five boys, Jacob, Lucas, Oscar, Peter and Timothy were still living at home. And six more girls, Anna, Kaitlyn, Maria, Neveah, Ruth and Shiloh. The youngest, Timothy, was already six years old. No more little ones in diapers to look after. The bedrooms were emptier then Deborah could remember from her yought. It was weird to come back to her parents house and see all the changes that happend while she was already married. It wasn't her home anymore.

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