A subdued day of the dead

We had a subdued day of the dead with some of our daughters friends coming over to our house to help decorate flower bouquets. We were limited in our ability to get to the cemetery and experience the food, flowers and music as we did not want to wheel Zoe through the throngs of humanity. Also, and more notable than that all the girls said, "If Zoe can't go then none of us will go." As a father of an injured, semi-mobile child, I was so touched with how the girls supported Zoe in her time of need. So there they were, five little angels, building floral arrangements from the abundant flowers from the day of the dead. Proving, in their own little way, that celebrations aren't for the dead, but the living.