Frigid weather was not a factor when we were young. We welcomed the challenge. It was raw, but so were we. The jostle of crowded streets and hiss of the library’s radiators frustrated the arctic air during Christmas season in the big city. The bundles of memory warm us now. 

 

("Cold Comfort" first appeared as a story by Eddie Roth in the December 19, 2018 edition of 50 Word Stories)