Dorothy's Gift — Christine Schneider

How do you cope when your best attempt to do a good deed simply shows you how un-good you really are?Dorothy is contented with her life as a wedding seamstress. She loves her two adult children, her husband, and her church. She is gifted with the ability to turn heaps of pink satin, lemon-yellow chiffon, and white lace into exquisite gowns. Her clients are beautiful, well-bred, and pay her well. Timid Dorothy doesn't like change, but even volunteering at the crisis pregnancy clinic doesn't shake her peaceful life too much.Then Bailey wanders into the clinic: pregnant, angry, abrasive, and hiding the pain of a dark secret. In a wild moment of compassion and uncertainty, Dorothy convinces her supportive husband, Gary, that they should invite Bailey to live with them until the baby is born.Let the story begin!