In mid-December, Mattie awakens early in the pre-dawn and begins the daily routine of getting the coffeehouse ready for customers. She works hard for about an hour before she hears footsteps overhead. She sits alone in the dark and quiet, and watches through the window as a lamplighter extinguishes the street lamps outside. Mattie contemplates her recent life and, now an adult and responsible woman, she realizes her life is good. The sun begins to rise as a new day, indeed, a new period of life, begins.
Mattie mentally.....
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