MaytheStarsEvershine

It was in the afternoon, the scent of the feast goods and the evergreen tree filled the house. Mrs. Jane Meritt was with her daughter, rehearsing on the piano inside the music room. The two were dressed extravagantly, the mother was dressed in a long dark green gown with a black bow tied on her back; the young girl was dressed in a white dress with red, blue and yellow embroidered flowers at the edge of the skirt.  "You're doing very well but you must catch up with your singing to the tune.." She reminded as she reset the metronome sitting on the top of the grand piano. "How many times must we rehearse, mother? I don't think they're even goi

It was the winter of 1928, just a day away from Christmas. The Meritt Family was inside their medium sized home along with their staff of seven servants scurrying to prepare the upcoming feast tomorrow. Mrs. Jane Meritt, the angel and keeper of the household supervised the cooking of her senior servants. Meanwhile, the rest of the servants were either washing the dishes, the clothes and linens, or cleaning and setting up the house. Little Maye Meritt, the child of the house, sat on a small embroidered couch just across the lush and tall evergreen tree. On her lap was a Little Folks Painting book that was gifted by her uncle a few months ago