All I Want For Christmas
The ferryboat blasted its horn and slowly motored into the Halo Island harbor. "Music to my ears." Georgia Garwood, known to her friends as G.G., beamed at Tina Morrell. "I can't wait to get home."It was the first time since her hip replacement surgery nearly two weeks ago that G.G. truly had smiled. And after a ninety-minute drive from Seattle to Anacortes, followed by a forty-five-minute ferry ride, all of it spent sitting inside Tina's car, it was a pleasure to see.
Tina reached across the bucket seats to touch G.G.'s gnarled hand. "You're a real trooper. I only hope that if I ever need hip surgery, I'll be as good a patient."
"You've been wonderful to me." G.G. squeezed Tina's fingers, then gingerly settled back into her seat. "I know the surgeon and physical therapists say I need help for another week, but what do they know?You really don't have to stay with me. If I need anything, I'll just ask one of the neighbors."
Any of the residents on Huckleberry Hill Road, actually a block-long cul-de-sac, would gladly lend a hand, Tina knew. But she refused to relinquish her responsibility. "After all you've done for me, I'm happy to finally have the chance to do someth ... read full excerpt from All I Want for Christmas ebook
