Frozen stiff fingers twisting the shoelaces on the skates to grip them. Sharply she tied a bow as the girl wriggled unpatiently, eager to get out on the ice. With a strong stride the child was off and the frozen fingers supported mum on the ground as she stood up. With frozen, stiff knees and a painful back after years of washing dishes in a sink that was too low (she had told him that it was too low, he called her ungrateful and said she could build it herself if she is so smart), she sat down painfully on the hard bench, also too low. And she watched as her daughter enjoy herself.
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