A Prayer for Every Year
December
5th
Morning came too quickly for Sue's taste but she took the opportunity of a
Sunday to relax in bed for a while longer. Her thoughts wandered as she drifted
in and out of her dreamland. Cases, paperwork, Christmas… then they paused.
Jack's face had floated into her mind's eye and she took a moment to admire the
beauty in it.
Levi placed a paw on the bed interrupting her thoughts. She looked up. Lucy
stood there with a wrapped box.
"It was at the door," she explained, setting the item on the edge of Sue's bed.
She lifted it somewhat apprehensively and carefully worked at the wrapping
paper. The box was plain and brown but its contents were anything but dull.
"Someone's got great taste," Lucy commented, looking over Sue's shoulder at the
Christmas ball in her lap. It was made of glass, one of the most fragile items
Sue thought she'd ever owned. Gold netting, tied in a bow, adorned the top; the
light sparkling through it created rainbows of purple and red on the white
bedspread. Sue smiled.
"So when are we going to get our tree?" she asked, sharing a smile with Lucy.
"As soon as you get your lazy behind out of this bed!"