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MY MARY KAY MOMENT<br />
elizabeth farris<br />
giving out notes of praise and words of enc<strong>our</strong>agement are all in a day’s work<br />
at mary Kay. but when the enc<strong>our</strong>aging words come from none other than<br />
mary Kay ash herself, it can sweep even the most seasoned independent<br />
sales <strong>for</strong>ce member off her feet!<br />
and that’s exactly what independent senior sales director elizabeth<br />
farris of Richmond, BC, shares with us in her reflections on meeting<br />
mary Kay.<br />
the year was 1980 and elizabeth was en route to independent sales<br />
Director-in-Qualification training in Dallas, TX. Knowing she was going to<br />
meet mary Kay ash in person, elizabeth wanted to <strong>get</strong> her a special gift to<br />
thank her <strong>for</strong> her continued wisdom. but what do you give someone who has<br />
everything?<br />
“i found a little swarovski crystal owl in the hotel gift shop and gave it to<br />
mary Kay during <strong>our</strong> visit to her home <strong>for</strong> tea and cookies on the thursday<br />
of <strong>our</strong> training week. she didn’t open it right away, but soon after, i received<br />
a thank you note from her telling me that her late husband mel (who had<br />
passed away just a few weeks earlier), used to give her a swarovski crystal<br />
gift every Thursday and she believed my gift had come to her as a gift from<br />
him. she wrote that she had cried when she opened it, and thinking about it<br />
still brings tears to my eyes,” recalls elizabeth.<br />
but this wasn’t the only time mary Kay reached out to her. elizabeth also<br />
received a surprise call on her 50th birthday!<br />
“i was at <strong>our</strong> city-wide breakfast of champions and as i sat at the head<br />
table a cell phone rang and the call was <strong>for</strong> me. i couldn’t even imagine who<br />
it could be. a lovely voice said: ‘liz, this is mary Kay!’ i replied: ‘Who?’ it was<br />
mary Kay calling to wish me a happy birthday and to tell me that life begins<br />
at 50! to this day i still <strong>get</strong> goose bumps thinking about that special moment<br />
in my life.”<br />
FROM MARY KAY’S KITCHEN<br />
potato soup<br />
When mary Kay’s book, Thinking Like A<br />
Woman, was released in 1994, mary Kay<br />
shared this recipe she had prepared <strong>for</strong><br />
her father as a child.<br />
ingredients<br />
• 3-4 medium potatoes, peels and sliced or cubed<br />
• 2 medium onions, chopped<br />
• 2 celery sticks, chopped<br />
• 1½ tbsp. + 4 tbsp. butter, divided<br />
• ½ tsp. salt<br />
• 1 bay leaf<br />
• 1 cup chicken stock<br />
direCtions<br />
• Sauté potatoes and onions in 1½ tablespoons butter.<br />
• Bring to a boil enough water to completely cover the<br />
onions and potatoes.<br />
• Add salt, bay leaf, 2 tablespoons butter and chicken stock<br />
to water.<br />
• Add onions and potatoes, salt to taste.<br />
• Boil the entire mixture until potatoes are tender, about 20<br />
minutes.<br />
• Remove bay leaf.<br />
• Put the mixture through a blender or food processor until<br />
there are no lumps.<br />
• Beat 2 tablespoons of butter into the soup. Thin to desired<br />
consistency with chicken stock; salt to taste.<br />
serVing suggestions<br />
“i usually serve this soup <strong>for</strong> lunch or a light supper with hot<br />
french bread and a fruit salad,” mary Kay said.<br />
www.marykay.ca Winter 2010/2011 Applause 45
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