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The Lilly Pond |
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6, 2002 |
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Greetings and thanks for subscribing to TheLillyPond.com ezine! I'm Lillian Hinds and this ezine is dedicated to all mothers, daughters and the other important women in their families. Because we respect your privacy and value your subscription, we don't share your email address with anyone. If you'd like to be removed from our mailing list, please see instructions at the end of this ezine. ================================= Volume 2 Issue 14: In the Pond This Week ================================= 1. Note to My Readers: Pond Talk 2. My Bread Dough Experience by Pam of Pa. 3. Quiver of Brushes 4. The Commercial 5. Share The Lilly Pond 6. Contact Me ================================= 1. Note to My Readers: Pond Talk ================================= Dear Lilly Ponder: If you haven't shopped for Mother's Day, we can help. You can send the book, with your greeting written inside the "I Love You THIS Much" flowers greeting card, gift-wrapped for just the cost of the book. Free Priority Mail in the U.S. and Canada. But you really need to get your order in Tuesday, Wednesday at the latest for credit card orders if we have any chance of getting it there in time for Mother's Day. Check out the "Commercial" below for details. Our special Mother's Day article has gone in for final editing. Trust me, there are some special surprises in this one. It's about my grandmother named Lillian so you know it has to be special. Don't miss this one. This week we have one of the "all time" funniest stories we've ever gotten from a Ponder. I hope you get as big a kick out of "Bread Dough" as I did. And a story that spans three generations called "Quiver of Brushes." As always, I hope you find something here that you need or something that will touch your heart. With all my heart, Lillian Hinds ================================= 2. "My Bread Dough Experience" by Pam of Pennsylvania ================================= I grew up with much love in a family of four kids and both parents. My father was a farmer, plus he worked full time at a local factory as a pipe fitter. My mom was a stay-at-home mom. We had much to do with housework, pets, sports, plus helping my father keep the farm going since modern technology wasn't that advanced in the '60s. Mom always raised a garden. We planted, weeded and harvested it, plus helped her can the harvest. During the day, household chores kept us busy 'til farm chores took over. One day my three younger brothers and I were helping Mom make her weekly bread from scratch. I was told to get off my lazy streak and get some things my Mom needed. I got a bit mouthy, which wasn't allowed. Mom promptly told me to knock it off or I would be sorry. I didn't knock it off, but continued griping. Next thing I knew I was hit broadside in the face with the bread dough for the whole week, knocking me flat on the floor plus covering my entire body with flying flour! Mom and my three brothers were laughing hysterically as I laid there totally helpless. I couldn't even get up by myself due to the weight of that bread dough until my mother picked her bread dough off me. Needless to say, I decided mouthing off to Mom wasn't for me. Still today we get a laugh from my bread dough experience. ================================= 3. Quiver of Brushes by Lillian Hinds ================================= When my youngest daughter was born, I was excited that I could name her after my mother, Jacqueline. I've always loved the name. Actually, Mother went by Jacque (pronounced "Jackie") so we didn't have a lot of confusion. Jacqueline was only 4 years old when Mother died and she really doesn't have many memories of her. I was glad that Mother lived long enough to be with her granddaughter some and to know that she was named after her. But they had very little time to develop a relationship. And while there are times that I wish Mother could see what my children are doing or have accomplished, it is not something that I usually think about a great deal. About ten years before she died, Mother started taking oil painting lessons. She had always been rather artistic and many of my childhood memories are of her making crafts. She went through several hobbies in her lifetime and she was good at all of them. She learned to knit, upholster furniture, and make ceramics. For a while she made dolls whose skirts were pillows. Then she moved on to covering cornice boards, making designer pillows and then to making her own drapes. Our house often smelled of some type of resin or rang with the sound of her power drill (Daddy finally gave in and bought Mother her own tools!). And while everything she made was beautiful, her oil paintings seemed to be her crowning glory. This endeavor came at a good time because shortly after she began painting, she was diagnosed with cancer. She spent a great deal of time at home in her chair, and she was able to paint there. She produced many beautiful canvases and friends and family in several states still have them today. When she died I brought home her painting supplies, including some easels, oil paints, some art books and an extra canvas or two. We also found a "quiver" full of artist's brushes and brought that along too. My daughter Jacqueline showed a propensity for art at an early age. She had lots of artists in her genealogy including her father and my mother. So we were not really surprised when she began to draw and paint. We encouraged her first with crayolas and markers, clay and glitter (she still loves glitter!) and hen eventually acrylics and oils. In high school she was always enrolled in art classes and began to bring home some amazing paintings. Over her high school career she did a few odd jobs painting posters, thermoses and signs for friends at school. She has also painted some things as gifts. Then one day last week Jacqueline, who is now 17 came home so excited she could hardly talk. She had been hired to paint. I was skeptical. Paint what? I asked. The wall? The bathroom? "No," she said, "I am going to paint paintings." She proceeded to relay the information about her job, how she had been hired, what she would be paid and when she started work. On her first day of work I walked into the kitchen about 6:30 a.m. and nearly had a heart attack. She was in there cooking her breakfast. It startled me so to find her there instead of in bed saying, "My alarm hasn't gone off. I'm not supposed to be up yet." She had made a lunch and a thermos to take to her first full day on the job. She was so excited about going to work. And we were so happy for her. Because my husband and I have had enough jobs to know how difficult it is to work at something that feels like drudgery to you, and how exhilarating it can be to work at something you truly love. We saw her out the door, wished her well and watched her walk down the sidewalk. Suddenly I caught my breath. Slung over her shoulder was my mother's quiver full of artist's brushes. She was taking them to work. It was as if I had my mother Jacqueline with one hand and my daughter Jacqueline with my other hand. And they couldn't see each other, but I could see exactly what was happening. I felt a connection across three generations that is hard to describe. And I could tell Jacqueline's grandmother was proud. With all my heart, Lillian ================================= 4. The Commercial ================================= The time until Mother's Day is getting short so we're going to add gift-wrapping to our special offer. If you'd like for us to send my book Always Wear Clean Underwear directly for you, we'll gift-wrap the book and write what you tell us in the greeting card and mail it directly by Priority mail. Here's what to do. Just order the book from the website www.thelillypond.com and in the "Comments" section of the order form, write "Gift-wrap" and type in what you'd like us to write in the card and write the person's name and address. If you have several special people you'd like us to mail direct for you, just write each one's name, address, what you'd like us to write for you and "Gift-wrap" in the comments section. If you have any question that your instructions were clear, just send a clarification in an email to shopping@thelillypond.com and we'll get it. But the time is short so don't delay. We'll still ship by Priority Mail (at no charge in the U.S. and Canada) the day we get your order and payment. But Priority Mail can still take three to four days. So get your order in now. With all my heart, Lillian ================================= 5. Share The Lilly Pond ================================= If you know someone who would enjoy having The Lilly Pond ezine, please feel free to forward this issue to them. If you received this ezine from a friend and you'd like to subscribe, you can go to www.TheLillyPond.com and subscribe for free or just click here to send an email to us with "SUBSCRIBE" in the Subject line. Thanks. ================================= 6. Contact Me ================================= Your comments are welcome. Click here to email me. Thanks for reading! With all my heart, Lillian ================================= |
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