Before I talk about Cherry Ames, I wanted to share this card I made for my Dad's birthday! (actually, I wanted the card image to be at the BOTTOM of this post, but I can't figure out yet how to make that happen!)I love the House Mouse images, and this one just made me smile! I got to use my new top note die, and I sponged brown ink all over it. I used stickles on the frosting (popped it up), and accordian folded a VERY TINY piece of DSP to try to look like a cupcake paper. I thought it turned out cute! Anyhow---
I knew I would be a nurse from "way back when". In sixth grade, I went to boarding school in Accra, Ghana. The school had a little library, and I was enchanted! I loved to read--I practically devoured books--and in the bush village where I lived with my parents, the library came to us in the back of a truck, and it didn't come very often! Needless to say, I spent a lot of time plowing through the meager shelves of books in that school library. That is where I first heard about Cherry Ames, Student Nurse! I practically read the print right off the pages of those books as I dreamed about the day when finally, "I" would be a nurse, too. Funny how the books never mentioned working night shift, weekends, and holidays!
I decided to google Cherry Ames today, and I found out the the books have been reprinted! I am going to see if the library has them--I truly can't remember what any of the stories were about. I have so many books that I keep going back to re-read. I feel like it is revisiting an old friend, and I think it would be fun to see if I still love the books as much as I did over 40 (gulp!) years ago!
I hope this link works, if you want to check her out!
http://www.netwrx1.com/CherryAmes/
LOVE the card!! Awesome details! From the top note die to the cupcake paper! Tell us about the stories as you read them again- I had never heard of them before!
ReplyDeleteSUPER cute card!! Thanks for sharing it with us. I to devoured books growing up (still do). I THINK I remember reading those books. Need to check them out. Thanks for the story!!
ReplyDeleteThe verification word I just had to type -- curad!!! Isn't that funny!!! Your post about becoming a nurse & the word being Curad!!!!
ReplyDeleteREALLY Cute Card Sharon - and I love your story about wanting to be a nurse. S says she wants to be a doctor and then a nurse! (I thought it was funny she's going for her MD first ;) ) Thanks for sharing this great story - good luck finding the books!
ReplyDeleteCool story, Sharon. And this card is very cute - even if it does have a nasty old mouse on it. ;) I hope your dad had a great birthday!
ReplyDeleteI love house mouse! This is such a cute card!
ReplyDeleteDarling card!
ReplyDeleteI love the story of your "library" from your childhood. I can imagine you would have loved it when it came around and how exciting it would be to see what new books might be available to you.
I am certain I would have loved those books when I was a young girl, too. I just don't think I ever saw them- the name is not at all familiar to me. I also had always dreamed of being a nurse. Had my knight in shining armor not have come when he did, I might have been working night shifts, weekends and holidays right along beside you, lol!
Anyway- how fun to see those books being reprinted. I hope you can get your hands on some to go back down memory lane!
my best friend moved to Accra for 5 years with her small children and husband for his work. They recently returned to the U.S., but i've enjoyed hearing about her experiences there.
ReplyDeletei actually own a bunch of cherry ames books...the originals. i bought them in a batch at a school rummage sale when i was a kid. a voracious reader, i hadn't seen them in our public library. i loved them too...better than the Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books that seemed to be so much more popular. they haven't been cracked in 3 decades now...but are sitting on a shelf downstairs right now. wonder if my 12yo would enjoy them. hmmm.
thanks for the sweet note! ♥