Sorrows

Several vendors and their families had parked their pick-ups loaded with colorful cascarones and pintatas along the route Fiorella took to her brother's house on Easter, but no one seemed to be buying, which hurt Fio's heart.
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You know that Fiorella had a lovely Easter in Cedar Creek, but she was also sad that, as the organizer of family events, she is now out of business. Time marches on.
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The books that formed Fiorella are on the chopping block now: Heidi, Pollyana, Pollyanna Grows Up, The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery),  and Anne of Green Gables. So are her father's childhood favorites: Freshman Quaterback, Frckles Comes Home, Poppy Ott's Pedigreed Pickles, and PeeWee Harris, Mayor for a Day. Their pages must be sodden with DNA.
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My nights are short
My days are long
I'm getting tired
Of being strong
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Sonia Dog is limping. She's done something to her right front paw. Fio's placed the fireplace screen in front of the stairs so Doggie won't try to go up them and injure herself further. If the paw doesn't heal itself by tomorrow, Fio will have to figure out a way to get her sweet baby into the car so she can take her to the vet.