A Glass Vase

There was this wooden candlestick and a glass vase. They simply have my mother's name written all over them. I let the candlestick go to a woman who admired it. I repaired it with a little wood glue and set it in the from window.  She offered no money for it, oh well.  No one other than my Jehovah Witness friends, including Kathleen, ever offered any money.

I believe the vase was a wedding gift.  It always looked great in the middle of the dining table.  Especially when it was filled with tiger lilies!  Perhaps they are day lilies.  They are orange.  One stem would offer several blooms.  As soon as one withered, another opened. This large glass vase, although chipped, is ideal for the lilies that grow, late in the season, in the side yard.

I'd been meaning to bring the vase to the glass store in Bayport.  I had passed by several times.  It seemed like a real crafty type of shop and they were likely to have the type of equipment, perhaps a type of lathe, to smooth out the chips.

I purchased a dremel with a diamond tip instead and initiated my own repair.

One day, as I was passing the shop, I stopped in.  I had a brief conversation with the woman who stood behind the counter.  "It's just so hard, letting go these beautiful pieces that have such meaning."
It's a type of attachment.  Almost sinful.  I wanted to tell her about the lovely Fairy I had in the kitchen.  How I had taken it down from atop the cabinets in order to take a picture of it, how when I went to return it, I wanted to kiss it.  The thought of having this much affection for an inanimate object reminded me of something I read in the bible about idol worship.

I thought it best to preface the story."I read the bible," I began. The woman behind the counter replied, "I read the bible too!"  Surprised, I told her that I was currently in Leviticus.  She happily responded, "I'm in First Thessalonians."  Most intriguing is that the witnesses worldwide are currently in that book!  She just has to be a witness !!!!

Sure enough, Sandy Seth, the owner of Colorful Visions Glass Art Glass Studio in Bayport, NY is a baptized sister.