Delia, just born
Susie Felber, daughter of Edith Layton (and an occasional and most delightful guest at Word Wenches!), recently gave birth to her second child, a beautiful daughter, Cordelia. Congratulations to Susie and her family! As many of you know, Edith Layton, Wench Extraordinaire, passed on in June, 2009, and never got to see little Delia (though she did suggest her future granddaughter's charming name)...
So today the Word Wenches would like to act as Delia’s fairy godmothers, welcoming her and bestowing upon her a veritable bounty of good wishes, blessings and magical qualities…
(Sleeping Beauty by Margaret Tarrant)
I wish her the good fellowship of friends and family and the capacity to love them for their flaws!
(Rossetti, La Ghirlandata)
Mary Jo Putney:
I wish for Delia to have masses of thick, wavy goddess red hair like her mother and grandmother, so that whenever she enters a room, everyone will look at her in awe and delight. Just like her mother and grandmother…
Anne Gracie:
I wish her a brilliant sense of humor so she will always find something to laugh about. And if we're talking fairy godmothers, I wish her no rats, no mice, no horridly uncomfortable recyclable glass footwear and no dull princes, but a true hero of her own. (Arthur Rackham, Ashenputtel)
Nicola Cornick:
I'd like to wish Cordelia the Irish Blessing which I have always thought so beautiful:
May the road rise up to meet her
May the wind always be at her back
May the sun shine warm upon her face
Cara Elliott/Andrea Pickens:
I gift to Cordelia a magic Wench pen, so that stories of love and laughter flow from her grandmother and mother to her. It's made of rich amber and gold, colors that reflect the wonderful warmth of Edith and Susie. May she always treasure that creative spirit.
I wish for Delia the gift of good friends wherever she goes.
Susan Fraser King:
I wish for Delia the gifts of kindness, creativity and a deep love of books. And may she always have great hair, great shoes, a little sass, perfect timing and uncanny luck!
(illustration, Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale)
Sherrie Holmes, Wench Whipster and Webmistress:
May Delia have fresh flowers every day, birdsong in her window every morning, a warm spot in the sunshine every afternoon, the soft chirrup of a good luck cricket on the hearth at sunset, and the scent of roses wafting in through the bedroom window every evening.
The Wench Fairy Godmothers have spoken!
Delia now has a bounty of wishes to take with her wherever she goes--and we wish her (and her brother and family too!) one more gift... that of complete happiness. (Grimshaw, Fairy)
If you would like to add a fairy blessing for Edith’s new granddaughter, please do!
~Susan