I have
always enjoyed spring. Perhaps it’s because winter was so long in NY where I grew
up that being able to go outdoors without bundling up was a blessing. (Although
spring seems to be slow in coming to VA this year. It snowed yesterday!) One of the things I loved most about spring was
the flowers. When the green tips of the daffodils would first peek through the
soil my mom would announce that spring would indeed come despite how much it
snowed after she made her announcement.
Lilacs
are my favorite spring flowers probably because of a combination of their
beautiful scent and their purple color. Purple is my favorite. What I wrote
about lilacs in my book Come Eat at My Table was one of those things from my
real life.
At the
house where I grew up we had a huge lilac bush. We actually called it a tree
because it was so big. Each spring the bush/tree would be full of blossoms. My
mom would take some scissors out and cut a bunch of those blossoms to bring
into the house. She always put them in the same white pitcher. We didn’t have
any other vase large enough to hold them. That pitcher became known as “the
lilac vase.” That vase, along with the lilacs, became a part of my story and my book cover.
I like all my book covers
to have a special meaning to me. It doesn’t matter if no one else knows what that
meaning is or not. My mom was a big part of the reason I’m a writer. Maybe I
was born to be one, but she definitely encouraged me. Whenever I look at the
cover of my book and see mom's lilac vase I am reminded of her and the legacy she left me.
In honor
of my mom, throughout the rest of April, everyone who purchases a print copy of
Come Eat at My Table will receive an ebook copy for free. Keep the ecopy for
yourself and give the print book away if you desire. This is automatic so you don’t have
to do anything except order a print copy.
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the link below to order.
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