1: Lil' Mary Margaret (sister) came to visit me.
2: She brought me a little brown cup filled with fresh cut flowers.
The cup was not just any cup, it was a brown earthen ware cup popular back in the 60s. Mary had found it at an antique store, shed a little tear of joy, and bought it immediately. It was like the one our mother drank her morning tea from.
Actually half the women in town drank their morning beverage from this style of cup. Back during the 60's companies gave away china to encourage patronage. This particular style was given to the customers of the Kroger stores. With every purchase the customer was given stamps and an empty book to save the stamps. When the book was full the customer could choose a piece of earthen ware consisting of cups and saucers, dinner and salad plates, pitchers, serving dishes, sugar and creamer bowls and of course salt and pepper shakers.
One would think it would take a long time to fill up the books but not when you are feeding six children, four of which are teenagers. Mom had a service for eight or ten. She also had a service of twelve real china she got the same way for special occasions. I think Dad still has the china tucked away in his china cabinet.
Simple abundance is everywhere if you take the time to look. Thanks Mary for taking the time.
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