A Division of drapery boutique_
To begin the family
Rosh Hashanah challah
cover, I scavenged
through my fabric stash
and found the perfect
soft-blue, sky/watery
print cotton. The spiral
was "drawn" on the
fabric with the stretchy
masking tape used to
mask curves for
painters.
I assembled a variety of
Mae Rockland Tupa with Liana and Jacob.
beads in a sectioned,
plastic container, then
Since I was sewing, the children
brought my little kit with me on our
also wanted to sew, and from an
spring visits with the children in
early age my two boys and daugh-
Washington, D.C., Massachusetts
ter managed quite well a needle
and Colorado.
and thread.
I was a bit shy starting out, sure
Now it is the grandchildren want
they would throw up their hands
ing to "help" by pulling basting
and say, "there she goes again,
threads, sliding a bead along until
another one of her 'projects. — How
it gets "home," or making- stitches
nice to be wrong. Since having
on their own. They always are
been elevated to bubbiehood, I
encouraged and have been intro-
find that my children are less ready
duced to needles and thread before
to dismiss my activities than they
age 3.
were before parenthood. Everyone
My concept of time changed dur-
was enthusiastic, wanted to be
ing the early years of motherhood.
included, and immediately got into
Everything seemed to be repeating.
the beading. David, Pam, Alan,
In ways I never thought possible, I
Jessica, Keren, Matt, Myron, Jeffrey,
had become my mother. I conclud-
Liana and Jacob each carefully
ed, along with a popular country
chose the beads, buttons, or shells
song of the time, that "all of life's a
he or she found appealing and
circle."
earnestly sewed them in place
Then the children spun off, as they
alongside the masking-tape guide. I
are meant to do, and began form-
added some small, quiet blue, silver
ing their own families.
and white beads in the spaces
Now that I am a soccer-Bubbie I
between the other family artisans
have concluded that time is neither
and finished the edges by seaming
a line nor a circle; it is spiral. We
"prairie points" (made by folding a
return over and again to the same
2" square of fabric in half, then
events, holidays and choices, but it
turning down the corners much as
is never exactly the same. We are
one makes a paper hat. Iron in the
at a different level of perception
folds and sew into the seam)
and comprehension each time
between the top and lining.
around. Back in The Bronx I used to
The High Holidays will once
go with my father to watch his
again find us each in different parts
friends play soccer. Then soccer dis-
of the country, but our beaded chal-
appeared, and during high school I
lah cover will enliven the table here
taught my father the principles of
in Brookline, with the loving pres-
baseball, to which he became
ence of the children and children's
addicted. Now I go to soccer
children.
games to watch my grandchildren.
•
FLOOR SAMPLE S
Ragazzi
0/ A I/ Infant
&
SALE
ENDS
Sept.
30th
Off Juvenile
Furnituir
90 DAYS
SAME AS
Call', CASH!
Buy
N i
r,
Walled Lk/Novi
Canton
39500 Mie Rd.
(248) 669-0330
42775 Ford Rd.
(313) 981-7400
Ste 3 f7 M, hts Troy/Rochester
(810) 795-1600
18 Mr
A.
6046 Flo:haste. Rd.
(248) 879-1010
M-56wHol
INN
Rms.,
Spa* Lake Fli
*See Sae for demos
For;
BORDERS BOOK SHOP • 31150 Southfield Road
(248) 644-1515
is very proud to present
DR. GEORGE L. BLOOM
answering
"Everything you Ever Wanted to Ask your Pediatrician
... But Didn't Have the Time"
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 7:00pm
Enjoy an informative intro-
duction to the brand-new
American Academy of Pe-
diatrics Guide to Your
Child's Symptoms. Learn
how to recognize illness or
distress even when your
child is too young to ex-
plain "what hurts"! Topics
will include allergies,
growth and coordination
problems, hyperactivity,
fears, and the frequently ill
child. Please join us!
_
Advertise in our Entertainment Section!
Call The Sales Department
(248) 354-7123 Ext. 209
DIMWIT
MILES WHIM
'TN
9/19
1997
63