My Favorite Delicate Little Anemone
It was a beautiful summer day and there was a big birthday party planned for me. It was a sunny day in June of 1935, I was eight years old and my dear sister Friedl was ten. For that we wanted to have our
Ilona Cole, Story 94
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A beautiful memory, sweet retelling, and lovely image. Thank you, dearest Ilona, for this slice of beauty today. Marcie
Ilona, your eighth birthday was celebrated in such a fantastic way, with flowers, family, friends, fancy food and festivities. Fabulous story!!
Oh my! What a sweet, dear memory/story. It brings the days gone by right into our her and now. Life as it is meant to be lived.
There are still glimpses of this way of celebrating. Ilona still offers it to us today. There is a long ribbon-line that travels from her past right into today. What joy and gratitude. Thank you dear Ilona.