From Battles to Kindnesses

Someone Fio used to know posted one of those horrible hate memes your girl dislikes so she answered it with the truth. Immediately, her former friend's family, in a blast of misspelled oratory, called Fio every name in the book. Keeping her cool, Fio politely and without rancor, explained her stance further--and was attacked again. The situation went back and forth a couple of times, until Fio's antagonists finally ran out of vitriol. Poor things--they didn't know they were up against someone hardened by two years in high school debate.
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Simplification and thriftiness are the name of Fiorella's game right now. She uses the same plate, knife, and fork every day for her noonday meal and rinses them in the sink instead of the dishwasher, and, to warm the house , she relies on home-grown firewood and old newspapers.
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Nephew Barrett and his wife were kind enough to give Fio help during the early afternoon yesterday by loading the old, broken-down one hundred-plus yearnfamily sofa into their pick-up and taking it home to repair and sell, which is one of their sidelines. While they were at the house, they also helped Fio with the garage and the six-foot-tall file cabinet, but the best part of their visit was sitting around and visiting with them. 🧡🧡🧡

Fio spent most of the evening shredding a drawers full of files relating to Husband's employment. Her heart warmed at the commendations he received through the years from his supervisor and the people he had helped, but there were too many of them to save.
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Elder son and wife kindly sent Fio a harness for Sonia Dog to wear in the car, and Barrett and his wife kindly put it round Sonia because yours truly is not that good at working without written directions. 🧡🧡