lulu

This maxim, translated from French, was recently emailed to me by Louise "Lulu" Davis. She is in her 80s and was my Primary teacher when I was eight. The phrase is quoted by Louisa May Alcott in Eight Cousins. I loved it enough to spend three hours reacquainting myself with Illustrator and gradients to do it justice. What a wonderful way to view life.

Lulu has a great sense of humor because she signed off quoting Sinatra:

You can bring Pearl, she's a darn nice girl

But don't bring Lulu

You can bring Ruth with the rubber tooth

But don't bring Lulu

You can bring Rose with the turned up nose

But don't bring Lulu

She's the kind of smartie who breaks up every party,

Hullabalooloo, don't bring Lulu, I'll bring her myself.