Back in December, when I decided to do a bake sale, I emailed many of the people in my contacts list, even those who I had met only once or twice.
One of those people was Anne Fontaine, who I had found out about when I had taken a 9-month class through the UW Extension, entitled Art for the Children's Market.
Obadinah Heavner was one of the class speakers and she had just finished illustrating a book, Ocho Loved Flowers, written by Anne Fontaine. Obadinah showed us the dummy, which made me cry. It's a story about a little girl whose cat is dying. It's lovingly written. You can read more
about it.
I wrote Ms. Fontaine and told her I wanted books when they came out. She emailed me when the books were ready and when her opening party was scheduled. I met her then!
I included Ms. Fontaine in my email asking for help with the raffle and baked sale. I thought maybe she would contribute a book to the raffle. Instead, she sent a check.
Why I remembered this today: I took one of my cats to the vet this morning. He had blood in his urine. This caused me to remember Ocho Loved Flowers and I told my coworkers about it..)
