My husband often engages with movie stars in his dreams. Not me. I mostly visit with loved ones who have passed on.
Last night, however, was a complete change of venue for me. Now if I was going to visit with a movie star, I would say the odds are it would be Betty Davis. You see, she is my 7th cousin, once removed, on the Sanborn side of the family. And this come from both my maternal grandmother and maternal grandfather.
But no. No Betty Davis visit. No movie star visit. But someone much higher in the echelons of society who indeed has passed on. Barbara Bush, the President’s wife, came to visit me in my house. And I served her tea, with ‘one cube of sugar and a splash of milk.’ (I did not have cubes of sugar, so I guesstimated. I used a china cup from my china cabinet but couldn’t find a saucer. So embarassing!)
I did not wake up immediately after the dream. I suppose that is why I don’t remember more of the visit. I have no idea why Barbara Bush was visiting me. Perhaps I just happened to be the random, available open door for her to swish in and enjoy a cup of tea?
Oh, I should mention, she looked much younger than she did in the later years of her life. However, her hair was white.
I am struck with Barbara’s affinity for books and hope perhaps she came to encourage me in my writing. If so, thank you Mrs. Bush.
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As a toddler, Sue Baumgardner made up stories for herself looking at books she could not read and later spun tales for her younger sisters. After she had her own children, she told them tales and eventually wove a new pattern into the fabric of their lives. As the three sat together, one would begin with a story idea of her own. She spoke perhaps a paragraph or two or three, then pointed to the next who would take up the thread and continue with her own evolution of the story line passed to her, until she pointed to the next. The third person wove her own ideas into the story progression. After the three each had a turn, anyone could end the story, in their turn, whenever it felt complete to them.
After her children were adults, Sue studied writing, first poetry and then prose. After six semesters in adult education, she was thoroughly hooked on the story art form. Sue continued with dozens of classes, seminars and writing retreats. She studied writing and publishing under the likes of James Patterson, Peter Behrens, and Mark Dawson.
As a contributor to the Discover Maine Magazine, Sue received her first check for her prose.
Her poetry has been published in The Aurorian.
She has six of her paperbacks along with four ebooks published. They include fiction and nonfiction for adults and fiction for Middle Readers.
Her very first publishing though began with Greeting Card Universe, where Sue’s greeting cards with verse are sold across the world.
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