A catastrophe
Dorothy at an older age
Many years ago, my cousin Dorothy, Aunt Lizzie's girl, had a big catastrophe. She was climbing up on a kitchen cabinet for something and she pulled it over and sent it crashing to the floor. Every dish in it was broken into many pieces. Dorothy was terrified, but uninjured. She was probably about five or six at that time. The picture above was taken when she was in high school.
Our whole family learned of the mishap and they all got together and decided that they would all help out Aunt Lizzie. They planned a big day on a Sunday and each one of them bought a new item of some kind to put in Aunt Lizzie's kitchen,
Not only did they bring many new dishes for Aunt Lizzie but they also brought a big pot luck dinner in. Aunt Lizzie was surprised and delighted with all of the new dishes. I well remember that day. All of the cousins had a ball playing together plus we had a delicious meal.
So the catastrophe turned out to be a good thing because Aunt Lizzie ended up with many new and prettier dishes than she had before. I am sure Dorothy remembers that day well. I'll bet she didn't ever climb up to the cabinet again after that!
posted by kyra lafain @ 11/26/2009 12:30:00 PM
1 Comments:
I always loved going to Aunt Lizzie's house. She had a couple of really pretty candy dishes on her coffee table, and I always wanted to sample some of the old-fashioned ribbon candy she had in them.
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