Gift

Betty came by and dropped off a gift bag.  In it was a wrapped gift for the littles and a tin for me.  I figured it must be food the way Phoebe wanted in that bag.  Betty made homemade Reeses.  And they are delicious.  Yeah....there was no waiting for Christmas to dig into those.  And the littles have already eaten an orange. 
The best thing about this gift is the memory it invokes.  Way back in the day when Dave and I were young and more newly married his aunt used to give us a box of mandarin oranges at Christmas.  Back then it was the only time of the year you could buy them in the store.  Ladine said that someone used to do that for her and she was passing it on. And so I was reminded of those happy days.  We loved Ladine so much and our world was lessened when she left it. But we are left with these great tales.
Thank you Betty for the gifts and the memory reminders.  It is a small blessing in my state of sadness right now.