The Blue Velvet Tunnel

Before our Emily was born we were grandparents-in-waiting.  We were so excited about seeing a new generation of McCart/De Lucas emerge that we wanted to do everything we could to help.  We think Emily was just too darned happy about being born and couldn't wait.  She was a preemie, a very small preemie, but she is now almost 14 and is the most wonderful athlete, scholar and beautiful young woman anyone could want for a granddaughter.  Emily's Mom had problems sleeping before Emily was born, and the doctor kept prescribing proper sleep.  Better said than done, I say.

I decided to go into the Internet, brand new for me at that time, and found a marvelous lady from the US, her name was Cris Bronson.  She had been an engineer at Ford and had created some sleep tapes.  The name of her tape was "Blue Velvet Tunnel".  People who had trouble going to sleep could listen to Cris's gentle soothing voice and it would put them into dreamland.  I received one in the mail and Emily's Mom tried it.  She went to bed, laid down, plugged into Cris's tape and dropped right off to sleep!  It was amazing!

I was so impressed that I contacted Cris again and we made a business agreement for me to sell her tapes for her.  I bought a box of them and tried my hand at it.  Everyone bought one that I knew and I think I gave away a few as well - but I never quite broke out of my small circle of friends.  My marketing skills were not as good as I thought they were, I guess.

I never was able to afford to buy any more from Cris and I think she was very diappointed with me.  In later years I tried to contact her several times but could never find her on the internet, which is very strange - as the internet never forgets anything!

I often wonder where she is and how she is.  Although we never met, I thought of her as my friend for a short while.  Maybe someday she will contact me when she sees this blog with the name of her tape on it.  I can only hope!  I have another grandchild named Sam now and his mom and dad have been playing the tape for him so he can go to sleep easier - it works for him too!

If I could contact Cris, I would tell her that I still think of her and want to thank her for letting me share in part of her life.