A Sacrificial Love Of Clara And Her Husband Tuck - 1129 Words

A Sacrificial Love December 26th, 2014. One of the most heartbreaking days that Clara and her husband Tuck would ever endure. On the morning of that horrific day, Tuck would wake up to the ringing of the worst Christmas gift he would ever receive. He had woken up very early that morning, and he’d sat down on the couch for a few minutes to watch the old television that they had picked up in a thrift store, in the only room where they had one, and he fell asleep. He heard the ringing and reached for the phone. He recognized the number, it was a co worker and a buddy of both him and his brother. He had figured that maybe it was a call about work, or a belated â€Å"Merry Christmas,† but the call was nothing of the sort. His buddy†¦show more content†¦Bailey had a rather large collection of Harley t-shirts, and they had been passed on to Tuck, who was his younger brother, but Tuck claimed that he fit into the shirts like a â€Å"stuffed sausage.† Clara had been saving every penny she could, and she decided that she wanted to get Tuck a quilt made from his brother’s Harley t-shirts. Last year, she had not had nearly enough money to have the quilt made. This year, money was even tighter, and she still did not have enough money to have the quilt made, especially because she wanted it made by the best in town. The quilt would cost about $400.000, and she had to come up with the money quickly, due to Christmas being just two months away, and the quilt-maker needing time to make the quilt. Clara took her most prized item, her precious necklace that had been passed down to her by her mother, to a pawn shop to sell it. Her father had bought it for her mother in Vietnam, and gave it to her when he got back from the war. The necklace had given her $200, even though the chain on it was broken, and by the end of November, she had saved enough money that when she added it to the money from the necklace, she had enough for the quilt. Knowing that she had very limited time, Clara called the quilt-maker and told her that she would be on her way with the money and the t-shirts. She went over to Tuck’s closet where the t-shirts were kept, and discovered that there was only one shirt in the box. Clara took the