Tia

Even now, more than 17 years after her death, Ani still misses her Tia. She misses the touch of Tia's worn hands, the hands full of callusses, the hands that were always busy working, always doing something useful. Ani will always remember how soft those hands felt when they comforted her. They were there to understand life's difficulties and soften its blows. Tia's hands might as well have been as soft as silk, a lady of leisure's hands.
Tomorrow, December 5th, Tia would have been 90 years old.