A Beautiful Beginning!

Dear Zingertales, 

drawing by maria isabel garcia perez ~2012~

Yesterday, I received the most wondrous letter from Maria Isabel Garcia Perez explaining how my anniversary, and my husband's and my FB postings inspired her beautiful story of LOVE.  I cannot think of any greater honor as an artist and as a woman than to inspire others.  Maria, may your inspiration continue and get you through the all perspiration! Thank you for sharing this most magical beginning of your tale with me and with us, I am so very touched!

So carry on dear creative wayfarers, and make this world just a little bit more beautiful!

oxoxox,

Ana

"Caroline was happy, many people loved her and she loved them, her friends, her family, and she wondered if everyone felt the same. Sitting under the spring sun, she was carried away by her thoughts. She was absorbed in them when a golden reflection caught her attention. A golden butterfly! She had never seen anything like it before. 

The butterfly fluttered around leaving a flash of gold in its wake. Caroline decided to follow it. Would there be more like it? 

drawing by maria isabel garcia perez ~2012~

Under the spell of the golden flashes, she followed the butterfly through the park and around the city. Suddenly she reached the outskirts, she had not realized the entire journey, and it was too late, her grandmother would worry. But that was a beautiful butterfly! ... fearful she decided to go ahead. 

Caroline followed the beautiful butterfly to the clearing of a forest; rare, she did not recall ever seeing this place. But … there was more golden butterflies! What beauty!
Something sounded, a cling,cling, cling ... she noticed that in the river bed there was a glass bottle wedged between rocks. Caroline reached the bottle. It had a message! She opened the bottle and pulled the paper out, very carefully. She read the message: "I love you" in multiple languages. Yes, she knew she was happy ..." 

drawing by maria isabel garcia perez ~2012~

To be continued....