When You Know How it Was Made and Share the Appreciation It's Even More a Miracle.

My cousin, David, was older than I and as a result we didn't get really acquainted until he and I both returned to Roanoke some six years ago.  One of our common joys is shopping for original hand-built pottery so we try to take in the Pottery Show every year.  Admiring the raku pottery by David Overshire I told David he should purchase it.  I had one of Overshire's pieces from two years ago and appreciate the the smooth texture and subtle glazing of his work. David purchased it. Unknown to me he was buying it for me. 

I have taken many pottery classes over the years.  The poem above is one that was written by a fellow student in 1971, Virginia Downes, a doctor.  I don't remember much about Virginia but have kept her poem and often contemplated her description of making a pot as a symbol of birth and God as the potter "giving birth", "delivering a pot" and "working miracles'.  

When thinking of how to thank you, David, I remembered the poem and pulled it off the shelf to once again consider the significance.  This pot I will treasure.  Thank you!