The card was most unexpected but it brought me great pleasure. Erin is the middle of five children of Tammy and Brian. She was the only child on the farm who absolutely hated her chores. Every day was an argument. She clearly was not going to be a farmers wife. Farm children all have chores. Even though the bus picks them up at 7:15, the chores must be done before leaving. Calves had to be fed, cows milked, potatoes sorted, vegetables set out to be taken to the market. When you lived on the farm, everyone helped. The other 4 children did not complain but Erin hated every chore and told everyone too..
Her grandmother made and decorated fancy cakes. It was a booming business that allowed them to pay off all their debt. Every weekend, Erin, from the age of 8, helped her grandmother decorate the cakes. Helen, our good friend and the grandmother was clever and kept teaching Erin skills with the cakes. When Helen died suddenly and Erin was in the 8th grade, Erin took over the cake business because by then she could do it all. She needed help to deliver the cakes because she would not drive but she could make the most beautiful wedding cakes. And the siblings and relatives helped with the delivery.
The card that brought great pleasure to me was an announcement that Erin had graduated from Everett High School on May 27, 2016. And in the Fall she will be attending The Culinary Institute of America, in Poughkeepsie, New York. Perfect choice.
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