Addendum To GODS BOUQUET

Writer friends of mine informed me that the AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR ARIZONA was having a contest for seniors to submit short stories; poetry, photography and art. Winners would be announced in each category and there would be a reception for the winners and their invited guests.

I immediately began to think of something that I could write and place in competition. Since the sponsor was affiliated with the aging population I decided my subject should be about "oldsters" and what better subject than my fondly regarded deceased grandparents. I started jotting down all the things I recalled about them and the story Grandma actually told me regarding her thoughts about a bouquet God would gather, came back to my mind. Thus, my storyline was determined.

The story was completed and submitted and in the short story category I was awarded 2nd Place. The reception was lovely and was attended by many. All of the winning submissions were compiled in a lovely hardback purple cloth bound book with gold lettering on the cover. The book sold for $25 at the reception as a fund raiser and each of we award winners were given a FREE copy.

Even to this day I love the PREFACE of the book.

"Youth is the time for adventures of the body,
but age is for the triumph of the mind."
Logan Pearsall Smith


"A man has perished and his body is gone.
All his relatives have crumbled to dust.
It is his writing and art that keeps him remembered.
EGYPTIAN SCRIBE 2,000 B.C.