Saturday morning Susan came over for coffee and to see the finished product of our new home. She also brought us a gift. Susan knows we live part time in Nova Scotia and she brought us a gift that thrilled us both. It is a map of French settlements of North America, published in London, England in 1747, where Nova Scotia was called Acadia. The map must be older than the magazine publication because by then the English were moving in and beginning to take over. But there it is, bold as brass. Acadia is printed on the map. I have hung it here in Mississippi but perhaps we will take it to Nova Scotia. It is a great map.
Susan is our real estate agent. Ken was having trouble finding enough condominiums in the Internet and we asked a friend of Andrew's why the scarcity. He told us to call Susan Mimms and gave us her number. She attended the same church. We met and she helped us find our condo. She also helped Christina and Andrew buy their home and she worked with us to buy our present home. And she sold our condo too. She is a good agent. And she is interested in antique maps. She owns many and displays them at her home. In addition, her daughters in law became interested too so Susan still combs through the antique map stores searching maps of the south and of North America. She found ours at a map store in New Orleans.
15 years ago, Susan had cancer, a type of a blood disease. In order to keep her mind off her disease, she became a real estate agent. This was when she was 55. Much to her surprise, she likes her job and is very good at it too. She is cancer free still so she will continue to work as long as she is able. So she and I have much in common, including an interest in antique maps. And I do know something about a good real estate agent and how they work!!
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