Aww. Very well-done. I like the present-tense, plus snow is probably my favorite thing anyway. You did a great job with this one, and I like that you didn't feel the need to have Aeris make an actual appearance. It's way more effective like this. An excellent story. I found only one little thing in the fourth paragraph - "they're forced wake up the best they can." It's so small that it might not even be worth fixing, but I thought I'd let you know. Anyway, keep up the great work, okay?

i love it...

Lovely, thank you for sharing.

Have a happy Christmas. :)

Very poignant. Beautifully written. I thought this would be more of a family story, but in the end it turned out bittersweet.

A few typos: 'sometime' should be two words. Also: 'they're forced wake up best they can' doesn't make sense; a couple of missing words there, I think. Same with: 'but he carries under one arm'.