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Dearest Baby Sophie, by Mary Mulvihill, July 23, 2003
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Grammie Mulvihill's House In Bettendorf, Iowa July 23, 2003 Dearest
Baby Sophie, I
have waited for you for a very long time. I had fully expected you father
would be a girl. I waited for nearly twenty-eight years just for you! I
wanted a girl so I could sew for her. I was prepared to make all of her
clothes. I actually made many t-shirts, shorts and overalls for your dad.
I always sewed a Halloween costume and two glitzy creations for your dad's
two dance recitals. But now, I have so much more time and skill to sew for
you. I
wanted a girl with whom to have tea parties. I am keeping my eyes open for
a beautiful china cup and saucer like my Grannie bought for me. I will
keep it at my house for our special teas with lots of milk and sugar. I
can show you Grannie's beautiful cup and saucer she received more than one
hundred years ago. I will use the made-in-Occupied Japan cup and saucer
she got for me. It will be an exciting search to find a perfect,
beautiful, dainty china cup and saucer just for you I
will tell you the story of Grannie's wedding china. It will be yours
someday. During tea we can look at the photographs of family back to my
grandmother's grandmother! I
am so glad you are here. Now when a houseguest asks about the spinning
wheel, I tell them that it is yours, just waiting for you to appreciate
the story of how it came from Scotland on a sailing ship to what is now
West Virginia and later traveled by covered wagon during the Civil War.
How will it travel with you? I should take the time to learn to spin so I
can knit more sweaters for you with yarn I have spun, but I won't raise
sheep! Sophie,
I have so many stories to tell you about family letters and furniture that
have always been a part of my life. I hope you will learn to love the
family traditions and take the stories to your hear to pass on. I came to
love Grannie's stories during the time I spent with her. But
don't grow up too fast, Sophie. I need to have a baby girl for a while
longer before you become a young lady, which will happen all too quickly. All my love, Grammie |
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