iss Berryhill did not hesitate.
"I think you should consider being a teacher, Jorlie. I've always been very happy teaching. I think you would do well."

Jorlie was surprised at that advice. She had never considered teaching. It didn't seem possible for someone with so many questions and so few answers.

hat afternoon Jorlie thought about what Miss Berryhill had said. She liked school, but could it be that teaching was the one best way for her to spend her life? She pondered and pondered, then finally decided. "Yes" she would be a teacher!

t seemed very clear to Jorlie now, and she excitedly told her mother.

"Teaching is a fine occupation, Jorlie, but you are just not suited for it. There have never been teachers in our family. And why do you want to be more than a mother? I've always been happy being just a mother, and you will too."

oor Jorlie, now she was more confused than ever. Just a few moments before she had things settled in her mind. Could her mother be right? She always seemed to know what was best. It was true that no one knew her better or loved her more than her mother. It was a very dark night for Jorlie

ince she
could not sleep for all the thoughts floating around in her head, she gazed out of her window at the stars as she so often did. They were beautiful and seemed to twinkle in different colors and she wondered what lay beyond them.