Thoughts from a Daughter of the King : Heirlooms and Hand-me-Downs

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Heirlooms and Hand-me-Downs

What I love about old things is that they each have memories attached and stories to tell.

I composed a list of heirlooms and hand-me-downs in our home, using the alphabet for structure. I could spend weeks telling their lessons and stories.

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Apron from Grandmother's kitchen

Blocks Mom painted to resemble two story houses

Chiming Grandfather clock, set to Westminster

Dolls with eyes that open and close

Earthenware crocks

Fossils of creatures from Noah's flood

Grandma's 1940's piano music

Hand made pots and pitchers

Images of people's younger selves

Judge's gavel

Keys from locks long forgotten

Lamps with silken shades

Mirrors missing silvering

Neville family crest, nothing vile

Old classic books and movies

Paintings of landscapes and portraits of 1800's women

Quilt squares in my sewing drawer, never finished

Robin's-egg-blue felt blankets

Shells collected on the beach in the 1960's

Tarnished silver candlesticks

Unbroken wedding vows

Violins, one made in 1898, a Guarneri fake

WW2 medals

XXO's on sweet notes from sweet hearts

Yellow velvet slipper chairs

Zipper feet from the old Singer sewing machine

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Of course THINGS are not what is important about memories. Things are merely tools for our lives.

In the end, things are wood, hay and stubble.

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Patricia @ 9th and DenverOctober 18, 2014 at 8:20 PM
Love your list!
I'm finding lots of hay and stubble around my place.
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Lux G.November 9, 2014 at 8:10 PM
It turned into a poetry! Lovely. I'm a middle child and I know hand-me-downs so well. :)
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StephanieNovember 10, 2014 at 8:51 AM
What a beautiful list, my friend. Thank you for sharing and thank you for your sweet visits to my blog :) Love and hugs!
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