Closer and Closer to Christmas

 The nearer it gets to  Christmas, the weepier Fiorella gets as she remembers times past--sometimes with  joy, sometimes with  sorrow. 

Whoopee! Your girl has just discovered there is another slat that fits into the upper shelf of the secretary she is now working on. That means one more place to put her mother's pretties, a couple of which even won prizes at the Waco fair.

Fio has had a hard time going to sleep lately so she's been watching TV to calm herself. Her current choice of television lullaby is Three Men and a Baby, which she never saw in a theater--turned down low, of course.

Fiorella packed everything in her old house and brought it with her when she moved, just in case it might be needed. Guess what--it wasn't. 😢

Your girl's ear misses the sound of Christmas music. Isn't there a caroling group around her somewhere? She can't lead one like she used to, but she could applaud....and maybe tear up a little, remembering times past. 😊

Fio has dragged Mom's collections of family heirlooms out of the dust of travel, and her tears well up as she looks at each and every one and remembers how precious they were to her mother, which means they are even more precious to her.