And also to prove that I will take a picture of
anything . . .
With my mom downsizing, she is willing to give away
a lot of her stuff. You should see the dishes and table cloths that I have
brought home already. I asked my husband a few weeks ago if he thought that one
of Mom’s chest of drawers would be better than the one he was using. I didn’t
get an answer. Imagine that.
So, I proceeded to tell him the history of the
piece of furniture I was referring to.
My dad had two sisters, Clara and Emmy. When she
was 20, Emmy was diagnosed with some sort of heart valve disorder and at the
time the doctor’s only recommendation was that she shouldn’t have children. I
can’t remember if she was married yet, but I know that she and her
husband, Jeff, never did have any kids.
They lived in a few different places and in 1954,
he decided they should move to California. Before they left they got rid of most
of their furniture, giving a matching chest of drawers and dresser to my
parents. Emmy passed away from her heart issues two weeks after they arrived in
California.
From the earliest age I can remember, I had use of
that chest of drawers. The dresser was my sister Pat’s.
I told my husband this story and then told him to
not let that influence his decision on whether or not he wanted the chest of
drawers. (Did I mention that we had bought me a new dresser in 2004, and yes, I
have a story about that if you want to hear it someday.) What he had been using
up until this time was some second-hand store find. Or at least I hope it was
because I hope no one paid good money for this thing new.
Now it is your turn. Which is Himey’s new dresser
and which is his old one?
3 comments:
The top picture was your aunts dresser. The second is a cheap 1970's dresser.
I knew you could spot it, Denise. Yes, the first one is the dresser from my side of the family and the second one from my husband's.
Maybe I can find a new career on American Pickers or some program like that, gosh that would be fun.
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