The Stroke of Winter

by Wendy Webb

It was all too easy to take a thing for granted, even something beautiful, when you lived with it every day, she thought. The extraordinary faded into ordinary, even mundane.

Every family had secrets, things they’d rather not see the light of day.

The wisdom gleaned from simply asking “so what?” had guided her through many hard times in her life, opened up ideas, and showed her the way when she thought she was at a dead end.

“You deserve someone who loves you as much as you love everyone else.”

Tess grinned. “It’s taken its sweet time.” “Or maybe just waited for the right time,”