A few years ago my one
daughter in law was planning a joint birthday party for her two little girls,
the theme was Strawberry Shortcake. I thought that was great and started to
tell her about my high school classmate who worked at American Greetings in
Cleveland. My classmate was the one who created the character, Strawberry
Shortcake and her cat, Custard. My daughter in law got really excited and asked
me if she could get in touch with her and ask her if she would send something
for the birthday party. Sure, go ahead was my response. My daughter in law did
and lo and behold she received to pictures of Strawberry Shortcake. On top of
the picture one said – To Berry Sweet, Charlotte, and the other said, To Berry
Sweet, Mary Grace.
I thought that was
great of my classmate. She took the time to answer a letter and send out those
pictures to my granddaughters, who are still really excited about it. The other
day, while I was visiting my son, he pulled out the brown mailing envelope and
showed me the pictures. They still weren’t framed, but my granddaughter told me
she still liked Strawberry Shortcake and said that the woman, who drew the
picture, was my friend.
I laughed and thought
how cool that she received the present and how sweet of my classmate to do
that. I promptly asked him why he didn’t frame those pictures. My son hemmed
and hawed. I realized that having four kids kept them busy and so did settling
into a new house and my son and his wife was extremely busy.
So, like a good
grandmother – I took the pictures. A few days later, I took those pictures and other picture that my granddaughter, Hannah
had drew, painted and gave to me. It was a beautiful, colorful turtle. I love
turtles. I have a black turtle tattoo on my shoulder. In a crazy moment, at the
beach, I went to a tattoo parlor, and had that turtle etched on my back it was
my gift to me after I graduated from Grad School. That turtle is a reminder of the sea and the
Grateful Dead!
With the three pictures,
I had my friend, Mickey come along with me to Michael’s to help me buy my
frames. We were successful and Mickey took the frames and then pictures home to
frame for me.
Tonight, I am handing
the Strawberry Shortcake framed pictures to my son. The turtle one will be hung
up in my house.
Let’s just say…thank
you, Muriel, for making two little girls happy. Those pictures will be hanging
in their new bedroom, in their new house. As for the turtle drawing…thanks,
Hannah. I love it! And thanks, Mickey for cutting the mat and framing those
pictures for me!!
