Dear Pulpwood Queens and my faithful Readers!Meet my newest member of my family, Harper Lily Patrick, who was just sent to me as a present from my dear friends, mother/daughter Pulpwood Queens Margie Dilday of West Monroe, Louisiana and her daughter, Nancy Larson of Los Gatos, California with this message on the notecard:
Just thinking of you brightens my day
Dearest Kathy,
Mother and I recently met to see our first grandbaby! (great-grandbaby) in Austin -- she found these perfect socks and I made her just for you!!!! So she's from mother and from me -- with all our love, affection, and best wishes --
Nancy and Margie
Now I know their ears were burning as EVERYBODY and mean EVERYBODY as been asking me where has Margie been the last couple of years! Sharing as you now know, it's been family time for Margie and Nancy with all the baby blessings that God sends us.
But wait, this darling Pulpwood Queen TIARA'd Hot Pink and Leopard Sock Monkey came with a leopard coin purse and HOUSE OF SOCK MONKEY Gold Stamped Certificate with reads:
Harper Lily Patrick
sponsor: Kathy Patrick
Harper Lily was raised by her grandmother near Kilgor, Texas. She absolutely
hated growing up where "nothing was going on". To survive, she pretty much established her own imaginary world of glamour, literature, adventure, and love.
Her reat escape from Kilgore came when she talked her grandmother into selling
off some pasture land so she could go to a Girls School in New Orleans, where she met her best friend, Pinky Godchaux (sponsor, Margie Dilday). Harper Lily and
Pinkie are to this day, best of friends, and they only hope their sponsors will schedule regular trips and get-togethers so they can catch up on the gossip.
Harper Lily sometimes calls herself "Lil", and other times "Angel harp" and
otherwise, "Lily pad". It is rumored her mother, Evangeline Lily Harper, ran off with a sewing machine salesman from Lubbock and ditched her in Amarillo.
She left the baby with her mother in Kilgore, and never went back. Some say
Evangeline Lily currently sings in a band down at the dance hall in Gruene, Texas called The Stillwaters, but she has never investigated or tried to find out, as she still resents being abandoned. "No use crying over what you can't change," Harper
Lily says with a sigh, and re-applies her lipstick. She is a little vain about her
looks, so by all means, keep her clean and well-presented. She prefers to tide in
the front so she can see on car trips, but do be careful to not allow the sun to
bleach out her beautiful skin. Harper Lily is also extremely opinionated and
authoritative on most any subject, and it is suggested you simply let her have her
way. Her ability to pout is unbearable, and she can be a little vengeful. (don't be
surprised if you find things missing, or kicked to the floor) Her favorite scent is
coffee. She also loves to have a nip of bourbon in Dr. Pepper, a drink she calls her
"Mum nums time."
THE OATH:
Place your hand over your heart and look directly into your sock
monkey's eyes and say: "I do solemnly swear this day forward, to never,
ever abandon my sock monkey under a dark bed or throw her into a
washing machine." (sock monkey's two greatest fears) Good luck. You're
going to need it. November 2011
There was a lipstick kiss on my card and don't you think this would make the most adorable adult picture book, of course PERFECT is your very own sock monkey came with it!
I am absolutely a child again and filled with delight at this truly leopardlicious present that came for no other reason than knowing that I am thought of fondly and loved. Thank you precious Nancy and Margie! I knew the minute, no the second I met Margie we were friends for life and later on Nancy too.
So this holiday season I am sharing this joy of the "presence" of having ALL of YOU in my LIFE! Each one of YOU are near and dear to me and I never would have met most of you if I had not started this crazy wonderful world of The Pulpwood Queens Book Club! God Bless You ALL!
Love and kisses, XXXXXOOOOO
Kathy L. Patrick
Your flawed but loving Queen!
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