Difficult Day

Today a customer came in who lost her husband last New Year's Eve. We agreed that surviving the holidays after losing a husband or mother is extremely difficult. She doesn't want to think about Christmas, so she is going on a cruise for a week. Christmas was on my mind all day. I addressed some envelopes and signed Christmas cards. My dad called and told me that my brother planned on putting the wreath at the cemetery tomorrow. He is trying to avoid the snow on Sunday. I had planned to decorate the wreath myself, but because my dad needs it as soon as possible, I had to purchase one that was already decorated. I took it to my dad's and wired it to the easel. Rosa, my dad's geriatric border collie, had a stroke. A difficult day, with lots of triggers and many tears.