I was born at a tiny little clinic in Leighton, Alabama. The doctor who had delivered me was the only one in attendance besides my Dad, and as he was cleaning me up he smiled and held up my foot to my Mom. "Look at this", he says. "She will always be lucky in life!"
What he was pointing out was a perfect five-point star, made by lines converging on the bottom of my foot. When I was a teen, I stared at that star many times, wondering where the heck the luck was. More than once, Mom told me that it was the sign of my Guardian Angel, and that he was watching over me, never fear. When I was barely 20 years old, I got married and left my parents and childhood home and flew away to live in Hawaii. Right about then, my Angel went to work, and hasn't stopped since.
After I ended my last post on November 14, I got in the van to go to Jamie's Spot Fry and saw messages on my cell phone. Heading down the street, I listened to them and learned that a young couple was driving around the island, trying to find me. What followed next has changed the track of my life at exactly the right time in my life...which can only be attributed to that good old Guardian Angel who put his stamp on my foot and claimed me while I was still in the womb.
They wanted to buy my fabric store, Tideline Fabrics, which is located in Shallotte. We talked for about an hour in a parking lot (I missed the Spot Fry) and to skip over all the details and get to the present, we are moving toward closing in mid-February.
That will release me to move my home base back to Georgia - to my beloved home, gardens and studio there, and most importantly, it will release me to be with my husband 24-7 as he enters the battle against cancer. He was diagnosed November 30, and last night his surgery was scheduled for February 17. He has chosen a doctor in Atlanta rather than Duke...see how all this works?
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Keep us updated on the move and surgery-- clearly we're still here and would love to help out any way we can!
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