Tim and his late wife, Katiesue, spoke at Lilyhemmer 2007 and those us lucky to be present will never forget it. Tim and Katiesue had us laughing and hanging onto every word. None of us knew it would be Katisue's last public appearance...
Fast forward...Tim asked if he could have a few images I was lucky enough to have...and I happily forwarded them to him. In return, Tim sent me a beautiful tribute he had compiled about Katisue and their life together. He also told me that he'd send me a daylily. I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't respond....I just didn't know what to say..
Luckily for me, Tim decided to send me one of his beautiful Cupcake daylilies...Cotton Candy Cupcake. I am thrilled to have it, of course....and did send him a thank you email. I learned a little something...perhaps it might help you in a similar circumstance. Tim explained in his response to my thank you email that the images reminded him of a happy time with Katisue...
I guess I was so focused on what I was thinking (that sending the images was just a tiny thing) that I didn't really think about what they might mean to him. Thanks so much to Tim for his thoughtfulness. It's easy to see what Katisue loved so much about him...and why.
I'll be looking to say hello to you, Tim, down in Florida next week. And, anyone else that makes the journey to the 2009 AHS National Convention. See you there!
What a wonderful gift. And an understandable reason for it. :-) Will you share photos of this daylily?
ReplyDeleteThat's a great gift! Can you post the photos of the bloom?
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