Family Love

Fiorella's day today made up for yesterday. She worked in the garage for about two hours, getting passageways cleared to accommodate the disassembled Christmas tree, and then, after a trip to town to mail letters, do some grocery shopping and stop by the pharmacy, she went home to pull red ribbons off the necks of about fifty individual shelf displays. Nephew Barrett and his wife, Rachel, arrived in time to help with the ribbons and, after being bribed with Skinny Cows, were kind enough to move all the bags of  Christmas tree limbs to the garage and pack them onto the shelves, no small task considering Fio couldn't even lift some of those bags. They also shelved eight bags of wreaths for Fio. They also jump-started Fio's Miata and stayed close behind her as she drove over to Mazda to check Baby in for the weekend. They also took the Christmas stree stem apart for Fio so it could be stored.

Afterwards, everyone sat down in the den to recover from their labors, and Fiorella passed out the last of the Skinny Cows. Enjoying each other's company, they talked about Husband, his life and death, and the family general. As they left, Barrett and Rachel told Fio to contact them for anything she needed, or if she just wanted to talk.

Fio is humbled by their goodness, but everyone in the family has reacted the same way to Fio's sudden widowhood. She is blessed.