"Bow Tie Whimsy" by Linda Freudenberger

 –I danced out of the store.

A gift-giving lesson crosses generations.

Linda Freudenberger lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with her Westie, Clancy, a certified therapy dog. She began writing in 2017 after the loss of her husband, enrolling in the Author Academy at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. Her stories “The Call,” “In the Holler,” and “His Final Act of Kindness” have appeared in earlier anthologies of the Personal Story Publishing Project. She has three essays at the online grief site opentohope.com. She is writing a fictional book about a teahouse. She completed Poetry Gauntlet at the Carnegie Center, writing 112 poems in a year.