(advent) December 11 post – still struggling to catch up

I’m working on it, I promise!

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“Wait, she said what?” Drew stared at Pavel, torn between horror and admiration.

“She said that–”

“No, I heard you the first time.”  Drew sighed and put his palm to his forehead, wondering if maybe he could blame the entire last week on a fever dream.  His skin, however, was cool – no such luck.

“Do you need me to deliver anything today?” Pavel asked after a few moments of silence.

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(advent) And we are caught up!

Finally!  Now I just need to make sure I STAY caught up!

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“I thought I was going to die,” Molly admitted, as she set gumdrops into the frosted wreath in front of her. The island was stacked high with mini gingerbread leaves – she’d decided she was bored with gingerbread men, and she didn’t have any more houses that she could make at the moment. So she was experimenting with wreaths and gumdrops. “I honestly thought he was either going to holler at her, or walk away completely.”

“As if anyone could holler at Lily,” Sue said, stealing a gumdrop from the bowl. “She’s too adorable.”

“Oh, she’s been hollered at a few times,” Molly said, admiring the effect of the red gumdrops. “But not this time, luckily. He was really good to her.” She picked up her piping bag and began to create a red bow on the bottom left-hand part of the wreath. “So, what did you find out?”

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Originally published at The words of Valerie Griswold-Ford. You can comment here or there.