This is about Russ ...
A tall and heavy looking gentleman. He's eccentric and dresses weird but always presentable and neat.
He first came to me with a request to make him a reversible jacket. Maroon and green on the other side, which he could wear the color according to his mood. The jacket must have a cut out image of a snake made of the same material which i have to embroider, with the tail just showing on the right side front of the jacket and the body of the snake wiggle around the back and the head must rest on top of the left shoulder and sort of flopping, and the tongue hanging out . And on the left chest of the jacket, he wants embroidered seahorse. He showed me a picture of the seahorse that he drew and i must copy..he showed me some different badges of animals and birds that he wants sewn on to the front right side of the jacket.The cut of the jacket must be similar to a Japanese kimono. .
I was speechless after he finished explaining what he wanted. My blood, all of it, rushed up to the top of my head and stayed there long enough to give me a splitting headache..After a couple of minutes, i recovered...Still speechless, i looked at him and suddenly we found each other laughing our heads off to the point that i ended up in tears. . and him with a huge smile from ear to ear..
" I'm sorry hazel for this unusual request, but I really hope that you could make it, i am willing to pay how ever much you want me to" he was almost begging.. .
" When do you need this jacket Russ?", I asked.... .
" Well, I've been studying tarot reading and spiritual healing and i would like to start a matchmaking service..with my psychic ability, I believe that I could bring people together through matchmaking and tarot reading" Russ explained...
" And this coat is what I'm going to wear when i do my tarot reading, so as soon as possible please", he added with a big smile.....
As funny as it sounds, he was very serious with his business plan..I told him to give me a few days to look into my orders and schedules and I'll get back with him.. .
I told my friends about Russ..
"Lunatic!"most of them said..
But, I kept thinking about him and I brought this jacket into my dreams to somehow make sense and ponder how on earth am I gonna make it?..In my dream, I was making the jacket , my dream turned into a nightmare because the snake bit me while I was attaching it on to the jacket. I woke up frightened in the middle of the night. I gave him a call in the morning and told him that YES!.. I will make his jacket :{ . He was very happy excited like an innocent little child. I don't have enough time to write down and describe the pain of making the jacket which took me almost three days. He was so excited when it was finished. He paid me well and added more and hugged me tight and kissed me on the both cheeks when he picked up the jacket... .
A couple of weeks passed, he came back driven by a friend, wearing the jacket i made. The boys nearly died laughing when they saw him through the window... .
"Mom, that jacket Russel is wearing is shocking! it's crap!", they said... .
"You all shut up!!", I told them..." It's a work of art, Russel and i designed it"..
But, I too nearly died myself laughing because that jacket really looked odd lol. He couldn't drive that day because of the effect of the many medications he takes for the back pain caused by a car accident years before, and the drugs he takes for his severe mental illness. Walking like a drunk into my studio, he greeted me with a hug and a kiss and handed me a thank you card and a poem he wrote to thank me for the effort and the "love" I put into his jacket....... .
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Russ' poem.....
LOVE .......
Love should be given,
to self and others,
Like a parent's love,
it seldom smothers.
Love can be given from near or far,
To persons you know or even to distant stars.
Love has been given to you as a gift,
To share with all, to give everything a lift.
Love has been given to help all that is.
It cost you nothing,
to help,
to heal,
All that there is.....
by Russell L. A., 2:30 am, 21/3/2000
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with it is a note;
Dearest Hazel, Thank you for your intuition,love and intelligence in applying your skills to make my coat as i requested with your added input, God's love and mine,
Russ..28/03/2000...
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Russ and I became friends, to the amusement of my so called "normal" friends....I love my job so much , because of it, i get to meet many especial kind and highly spiritual people like my unique and eccentric friend Russ..He loved his coat so much that he came back to deliver two more poems he wrote for me... After that, i have not heard from him for almost a year and then i received a surprised call from him saying he is now living in Tasmania...and that i must go and visit him...I love Russel, to me, he is a truly beautiful human being...with a BEAUTIFUL MIND......
A tall and heavy looking gentleman. He's eccentric and dresses weird but always presentable and neat.
He first came to me with a request to make him a reversible jacket. Maroon and green on the other side, which he could wear the color according to his mood. The jacket must have a cut out image of a snake made of the same material which i have to embroider, with the tail just showing on the right side front of the jacket and the body of the snake wiggle around the back and the head must rest on top of the left shoulder and sort of flopping, and the tongue hanging out . And on the left chest of the jacket, he wants embroidered seahorse. He showed me a picture of the seahorse that he drew and i must copy..he showed me some different badges of animals and birds that he wants sewn on to the front right side of the jacket.The cut of the jacket must be similar to a Japanese kimono. .
I was speechless after he finished explaining what he wanted. My blood, all of it, rushed up to the top of my head and stayed there long enough to give me a splitting headache..After a couple of minutes, i recovered...Still speechless, i looked at him and suddenly we found each other laughing our heads off to the point that i ended up in tears. . and him with a huge smile from ear to ear..
" I'm sorry hazel for this unusual request, but I really hope that you could make it, i am willing to pay how ever much you want me to" he was almost begging.. .
" When do you need this jacket Russ?", I asked.... .
" Well, I've been studying tarot reading and spiritual healing and i would like to start a matchmaking service..with my psychic ability, I believe that I could bring people together through matchmaking and tarot reading" Russ explained...
" And this coat is what I'm going to wear when i do my tarot reading, so as soon as possible please", he added with a big smile.....
As funny as it sounds, he was very serious with his business plan..I told him to give me a few days to look into my orders and schedules and I'll get back with him.. .
I told my friends about Russ..
"Lunatic!"most of them said..
But, I kept thinking about him and I brought this jacket into my dreams to somehow make sense and ponder how on earth am I gonna make it?..In my dream, I was making the jacket , my dream turned into a nightmare because the snake bit me while I was attaching it on to the jacket. I woke up frightened in the middle of the night. I gave him a call in the morning and told him that YES!.. I will make his jacket :{ . He was very happy excited like an innocent little child. I don't have enough time to write down and describe the pain of making the jacket which took me almost three days. He was so excited when it was finished. He paid me well and added more and hugged me tight and kissed me on the both cheeks when he picked up the jacket... .
A couple of weeks passed, he came back driven by a friend, wearing the jacket i made. The boys nearly died laughing when they saw him through the window... .
"Mom, that jacket Russel is wearing is shocking! it's crap!", they said... .
"You all shut up!!", I told them..." It's a work of art, Russel and i designed it"..
But, I too nearly died myself laughing because that jacket really looked odd lol. He couldn't drive that day because of the effect of the many medications he takes for the back pain caused by a car accident years before, and the drugs he takes for his severe mental illness. Walking like a drunk into my studio, he greeted me with a hug and a kiss and handed me a thank you card and a poem he wrote to thank me for the effort and the "love" I put into his jacket....... .
************************************
Russ' poem.....
LOVE .......
Love should be given,
to self and others,
Like a parent's love,
it seldom smothers.
Love can be given from near or far,
To persons you know or even to distant stars.
Love has been given to you as a gift,
To share with all, to give everything a lift.
Love has been given to help all that is.
It cost you nothing,
to help,
to heal,
All that there is.....
by Russell L. A., 2:30 am, 21/3/2000
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
with it is a note;
Dearest Hazel, Thank you for your intuition,love and intelligence in applying your skills to make my coat as i requested with your added input, God's love and mine,
Russ..28/03/2000...
***********************************
Russ and I became friends, to the amusement of my so called "normal" friends....I love my job so much , because of it, i get to meet many especial kind and highly spiritual people like my unique and eccentric friend Russ..He loved his coat so much that he came back to deliver two more poems he wrote for me... After that, i have not heard from him for almost a year and then i received a surprised call from him saying he is now living in Tasmania...and that i must go and visit him...I love Russel, to me, he is a truly beautiful human being...with a BEAUTIFUL MIND......
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