My mother's best friend when I was very small and the lady for whom I was named, Ms. Desiree. She was the librarian at the public library in my small hometown. She introduced me to books and her influence has flowed through my entire life. Because of Ms. Desiree, I've loved books and reading and words since a very young age and I've passed it on to my children and my grandson, so her influence continues.
My mom would take me with her to visit at the library at least twice a week. While they chatted, I had the children's book room all to myself. Oh, the wonders I found there! Later when I was a pre-teen and a teenager, I continued to visit her at the library. She always had a few selections waiting for me that she knew I would love.
She was an educated, proper, kind, classy, well-read, soft spoken southern lady with a beautiful southern drawl and she always smelled of lavendar
