Spicy Dad's Cookies

Simmy was baking up a storm trying to keep her hands busy. Since Friday, when her Dad had been dashed to the hospital... she had been fielding more text messages than ever.
Interesting man, this father of hers... he told one child he was ready to leave his earthly confines. He became emotional when talking about his demise... that, at least, seemed normal to Simmy.
Sometimes, it seemed that her parents had lived their lives so well that they could even muster up all the right emotions for each situation and each person that visited Cornelius in the hospital.
Being oldest children, they felt a certain responsibility for everyone and everything... even dying well.
Simmy just kept baking those spicy Dad's cookies... 'kind of apt for today,' she mused with a bit of dark humour and salty tears.
"Ya gotta love that builder generation pragmatism."