Two Needles - August 10

[velvetpage]

Two needles.
Three skeins of yarn.
Pink.
Fingering weight.
One pattern.
Two skilled hands.
One loving heart.
One tiny baby.
A sister to three others.
A sixth grandchild.

One failing heart.
Two failing kidneys.
One funeral.
Many lost stories.
One tiny pink dress
Made of three skeins of
Fingering weight yarn.
One box
Many treasures
Stored by a loving mother.

Many years.
Another baby.
Daughter
of a sister
Of that baby
Who inspired
A tiny pink dress.
One family portrait.
One new grandfather.
Four siblings, now adults.
One baby girl.

In a tiny pink dress.

Dedicated to Maude Page, 1918-1998.

*Three years ago, my older daughter wore this dress. Tonight, my second daughter will wear it for another family portrait.

Comments

[stress-kitten.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of the poem I wrote about my Grandfather; it's amazing how strongly we remember.

http://stress-kitten.livejournal.com/11071.html

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

That was beautiful.

[stress-kitten.livejournal.com]

Thanks. My Gramps lived in England, so we didn't get to see him that often, but he was such an integral part of my childhood. That day is one of the most vivid memories I have of him... because I got him all to myself. :-)

I'm interested to see how Frazer reacts when we wrap The Precious up the first time in the blanket his Grandmother crocheted. His Granny, for all that she created enough drama for them to run a reality TV show out of their home, was a very, very important part of his childhood.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

My dad was quite teary when Elizabeth wore the dress Nana knitted for my youngest sister. It felt like she was there.

[deliciouspear.livejournal.com]

Hey - your package came back cause I am a dumb!$%)* and didn't put the city, state or zip code on it.

I am resending it tomorrow with an extra pressie inside!

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

I was wondering what had happened to that, but I knew it sometimes takes months to get things snail mail from the States, so I didn't worry about it. Thanks for letting me know!

[deliciouspear.livejournal.com]

I was in teh post office going - "well that was fast!"

Yeah dorkchop - maybe cause you didn't fill things out right!

*hangs head*

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

It happens. Don't worry about it.