People relate to "From Pigtails and Pinafores"

Greetings Readers:

Over the past 10 years people are still telling me that they enjoyed reading From Pigtails and Pinafores. What I hear most is that the stories remind them of their mother, grandmother, aunt or someone in their family. I’m also told how much they relate to a particular story. 

A colleague once told me that she would have totally believed the “Big Jugs” story in the book, in which an older girl named Dorothy told my mother that baking power would give you large breast.  

My husband always recounts the “Big Cat” story where my mom comes upon a bob cat and sets out to catch it to bring it home as a pet. He had a similar experience as a child when he mistook a wolf for a German Shepherd.

My grandnephew was amazed to read about the big fight she had with her classmate Alice. At the time, he was having trouble with a bully at school. 

Another reader said her personal favorite is “Miss Hattie’s Beads,” in which my mother is caught climbing into the casket attempting to claim the pearl necklace the deceased woman promised her before she died.

It gives me great joy when I hear these stories repeated back to me. The smiles and the laughter are the best part.  One friend told my mother that when she is feeling sad she sometimes reads a certain story from the book, and it cheers her up.  

I love hearing stories like that and I always tell my mother about what people are saying. Please continue to tell us about your favorite chapters.

Until next time, happy reading!

Liz Hawkins