If April showers bring May flowers, what do Mayflowers bring?
Goodies! November 21, 2008.
Ask my children about Mrs. Gerald E. Jones, and their eyes will light up, and smiles will brighten their faces. She's a favorite around here, but we've never met her, and we've never seen her. She might even be as mythical as the Tooth Fairy, but every year in mid-November she makes herself known by the gifts she sends our way. She's sort of a Thanksgiving Santa Claus or Easter Bunny.
While Santa rewards kids for being good, and the Easter Bunny rewards them for the hunt, Mrs. Gerald E. Jones rewards them for sending artwork to her at the Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Wisconsin.
This year she was particularly generous, as Robin's drawing was selected as the winning entry in the age 9 and under group by the Wisconsin Mayflower Society Governor at the Compact Day luncheon last week. Apparently Robin dazzled Governor Robert Hunt with last year's buckle-hat Pilgrim holographic stickers aboard his Mayflower drawing, so Mrs. Gerald E. Jones sent Robin a huge package consisting of a Mayflower Adventure game, a cut-and-assemble Mayflower model, and a Mayflower kids' book.
Elliot also received some super-cool goodies: a Pilgrim-themed pad of paper, pencil, window clings, and Thanksgiving-themed stickers. All this from Mrs. Gerald E. Jones.
But behind every holiday mascot, there's always a real-life benefactor smiling in the background. In this case, it's my father, who spent years compiling the genealogical documentation which earned him a membership in the Society of Mayflower Descendants. He enrolled all his grandchildren as Junior Members, and they've been spoiled by Mrs. Gerald E. Jones every since.
The kids are very grateful, and I'm grateful. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
from Hebrews 13:
15 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
posted on Friday, November 21
