I sent the happy with it

[devohoneybee]

That soup recipe I posted? I was lamenting to my mother that I had not been able to find parsley root. Two days later I got a box in the mail -- filled with it. I cannot tell you how happy this made me. That evening, I found her on chat (we mostly communicate that way as Mom is deaf and chat is a lot easier than going through a relay operator). I thanked her and told her how happy I was when I opened that box and saw all that parsley root. She said, "I sent the happy with it." *heart*

Also, I made my first poetry sale. A poem I wrote will appear in a book by Karen Lord entitled The Best of All Possible Worlds, which won the Frank Collymore literary prize in Barbados last night. Wheeee! for Karen, and for getting paid for a poem I wrote. This is a good day.

(And now I want an icon with a parsley root that says "I sent the happy with it.")

Comments

[devohoneybee]

That was different, there was no advance. It felt... different somehow. Payment wasn't contingent on sales. :)

So are you awake yet, or still dreaming? *g*

[karenlord]

:) Money is money (says the mercenary one)!

I'm slowly coming awake! There's so much to do, and I'm still short on sleep! I have yet to update the wordpress (gotta big up the Bajan who got second prize ... he's brilliant), and there are various people I have to email.

[dragonfly]

\o/

Congratulations!!!

[karenlord]

Thank you!