Madison braced herself and slowly knocked on the large wooden door. Almost at once she heard footsteps coming. The huge door swung open and she faced a small little maid. Madison, a fourteen-year-old girl at the height of 5 feet 3 inches, wasn’t very tall herself. But compared to this tiny woman, she was almost a head taller. She smiled warmly, and curtsied. Suddenly remembering her mud-covered dress she blushed embarrassedly and quickly explained the situation. The maid smiled and shook her head.
“My, my. You need a nice little washing before you see the mistress. Never mind, we shall fix you up shortly. Come in my dear, I’m Martha. The mistress has assigned me to be your maid.” She rattled about, taking Madison’s luggage and walking down the large corridor. Mary followed behind.
Martha led the girl upstairs and pointed to a blue-colored door at the far end. Written on the door, in golden letters, was her name: Madison. She walked almost sacredly into it and saw to her delight that it was quite big, yet cozy. The walls were painted a shade of light blue and the furniture was all birch wood. The little window overlooked the pathway she had just walked. She looked around and suddenly exclaimed..
“My goodness gracious, Martha! What a quaint room. Surely –she stopped her wondering what to call her new parents- surely mother doesn’t expect me to live here! It’s wonderland indeed!”
Martha smiled. “Stop proclaiming over your small room before you see the other rooms. They are so much grander than this! Now get yourself clean and wear this dress (she indicated to an evening gown on the bed). I shall leave to tidy up and unpack. Come downstairs when you are finished.” With that she left, leaving Madison to marvel again.
Madison stopped her marveling after realizing that she should hurry and unpack. She let Blessing down and set up his bed and food. Then she tossed her baggage to one side, deciding to unpack that tomorrow. After a short time of marveling at the attached bathroom she striped her clothes and took a shower.
As Madison climbed the steps to her cozy room late that night, she thought about all that had happen during dinner. It hadn’t been all that bad, her new parents laughing and talking away and asking her all sorts of questions. She had felt like there was this gap in between and couldn’t actually talk about the necessary things that she needed, and wanted, to know about. “Maybe those things will be handled tomorrow.”
She slowly sighed as she pushed open her bedroom door, wishing that she was back ‘home’. Her ‘mom’ would come up and kiss her goodnight. And Blessing would come and cuddle up with her and she would fall asleep so fast.
But now was a different time. Her new mother came up instead and hugged her. “I so hope you will enjoy living her, darling,” she cooed as she said goodnight. Madison only sighed and said tiredly, “I’ll try.”
She lay in her bed for a long time after the door had shut quietly, thinking about memories. Blessing snuggled up against her and the warmth gave her peace. She looked out her window and saw one bright star shining down at her, and for the first time today, Madison smiled.
"Life will always be hard, but God's angels are always watching over me," she thought and drifted off to sleep.
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