I swear sometimes that I have the weirdest luck on earth. The strangest things are always happening to me, ironic things that don't happen to other people on a regular basis. Out of all the things I've made, my dragonflies have been the most popular. Maybe i should change my name to The Dragonfly Lady. I was nicknamed Firefly as a teen, but nobody really calls me that anymore. So heads up, I may change my name, you never can tell about me. I am Gemini. I bore easily..
The latest weird occurrence in my life was when I made a Dragonfly for a lady who wanted it sent to her daughter as a 'just because' gift. I carefully crafted it, paying attention to every detail. It was perfect, I asked my Mom to print the shipping label for me. It took a couple of days to get it from her as she lives out in the country and, although my Dad makes several trips to town a day, it just didn't make onto the dash to be delivered to me as Mom kept forgetting about it. Finally, I retrieved it from the dash and hurried to package and ship the dragonfly. Shew! Thank goodness, it's on it's way! A few days later I received a message on ebay from another customer I had sold a dragonfly to months ago.. She was so excited, "It's just gorgeous!" she says, 'I would like to keep it, I will pay you for it." Now what in the world is going on here? I sold the dragonfly on Etsy and printed a shipping label to Ohio, right? So why is it in Illinois? Hmm.. I investigated further. Both ladies were named Dana, but the last name was different, the states were different. Could it be possible she used her maiden named and had moved? (maybe she got a divorce?) I asked her about her mother's name, and told her that if that was her mother than it was gift from her. She replied that her mother had died this past June, she wished it was a gift from her. She told me that she'd like to think the mix-up was 'meant to be' and could she please keep the dragonfly. I felt absolutely awful! What could I do? I arranged for her to pay me thru PayPal and let her keep the dragonfly. But what was I to tell my Etsy buyer? I was so embarrassed and confused. Oh hey, By the way, that dragonfly you ordered for your daughter, well i sent it to the wrong person and she was intent on keeping it so I let her have it. How awful! I did the only thing I knew to do, I told the truth, which is all I really know how to do, I'm a terrible liar. I promised I'd make another dragonfly for her daughter. It took forever to get it mailed again, with getting the shipping label from my Mom's computer to me. I finally had to ask my daughter to print it and I felt so bad about the whole thing I made another dragonfly and sent it along too as a free gift. It took all day to make the dragonfly, me being such a perfectionist. So in a day or so somebody will receive two very lovely dragonflies and hopefully that will bring a smile to her face and brighten her day a little Let's just hope that, it goes to the right Dana this time and there's not some other unbelievable occerrance! The lesson learned from all of this? BUY A PRINTER!!
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Crystal(your sis)
9/4/2014 01:38:30 pm
Lol, good story. You made 2 ladies very happy:). Yup, gotta get a printer;)
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I Am Andrea Diane Epperson
I am a Mom, a Daughter, MeMe (Grandmother, but don't call me one), a friend, cat lover, jewelry maker, & household goods packer. I am Mom to a married 20 year old Daughter, Jesi Winter who is Mom to 2 precious little girls, Lilica 2 years, and Jasmine 6 months. I am also a Mom to a 6 year old little boy, Andrew James. Andrew has a form of autism called Aspergers syndrome characterized by super-sensitivity to his environment and an inability to tolerate loud noises or lots of noise and crowds. Its sort of like living with a ticking time bomb, never knowing what will set him off; A smell, taste, a toy 'misbehaving'. All of the events of his day must be calculated carefully as he cannot cope with change the way another child might. He has improved greatly, for instance he was very terrified of the vacuum cleaner and now he volunteers to vacuum messes all the time. Small steps like this are huge milestones in Andrew's development and adjustment to daily life. Although his form of Autism is especially difficult to handle because of the sheer raw nerves and the meltdowns are simply awful, the up side is he loves unconditionally and is completely genuine. There are no facades for him, no little white lies, because he is incapable of lying. He is a handful, to say the least, but a pure joy to know and love. Archives
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