I love connecting people with each other or with useful stuff. I have an internal list of things I'm looking for and it makes my life feel like a scavenger hunt. Carol Bennett made my list when she described dashing out of the shower to write down an idea. She'd been out of the market for children's tub toys for a while, so she was surprised to hear that such things as tub crayons and markers existed. Ever since I've been looking for the crayons at the right time and price and tonight I found them, there's only one problem , Carol is gone.
Cancer took her away. The last time I saw her she seemed to be beating it handily, but then along came an email from Pat, the West Michigan Writer's Workshop Goodwill Ambassador, with the news that cancer had suddenly won. I don't do death very well, so I've been struggling with this loss of a friend who wasn't close but still mattered.
Tonight though as I think about the crayons, I'm realizing that I need to go back and get those crayons and park them in my shower. It's the thing she taught me--to value inspiration, to get it down, before she's gone.
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