Popular Post petitepedal ★ Posted March 23, 2019 Popular Post Share #1 Posted March 23, 2019 A few years back, I was contacted by the wife of one of my cousins for some info on family history....I didn't have a working scanner at the time and wasn't able to scan info to her but I sent what I had...I also offered them a cedar chest that my cousins father built for our grandmother... Well they never took me up on the offer. My friends recent comment on getting some other tables to go with my new furniture made me think about reaching out..maybe to my younger cousin, also a son of the man who built the chest, as well as a table I have. I probably have not had contact with him in 35 years or so.. I made contact with him via facebook...and sent him pics of the two pieces..he will come and get them sometime next month. I have had the table for a number of years, the chest came to me when my sister moved out of state. I will miss the history sort of thing...but as I told my cousin if I "croak" it will end up at Goodwill...He on the other hand has a couple of kids...and so the pieces hopefully will stay in the family..His dad died when he was about 12 or 14...so I am sure he will appreciate the connection. The End 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted March 23, 2019 Share #2 Posted March 23, 2019 Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted March 23, 2019 Share #3 Posted March 23, 2019 Our elder son's wife isn't very sentimental and often sells family heirlooms without a care. So when we offered them his heirloom quality rocking elephant (like a rocking horse but an elephant) that he had gotten for his first birthday, we never got a response. WE figured their daughter might like to have it and eventually save it for her own kids. But the gist was they didn't want more stuff cluttering up THEIR basement and it would probably just get sold on facebook. So instead, we gave it to our younger son for his son to use and save. Several months later the rocking elephant was spotted in a picture posted by our younger son's wife on facebook. Then the drama ensued! Dang family drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted March 23, 2019 Share #4 Posted March 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, team scooter said: Our elder son's wife isn't very sentimental and often sells family heirlooms without a care. So when we offered them his heirloom quality rocking elephant (like a rocking horse but an elephant) that he had gotten for his first birthday, we never got a response. WE figured their daughter might like to have it and eventually save it for her own kids. But the gist was they didn't want more stuff cluttering up THEIR basement and it would probably just get sold on facebook. So instead, we gave it to our younger son for his son to use and save. Several months later the rocking elephant was spotted in a picture posted by our younger son's wife on facebook. Then the drama ensued! Dang family drama. This post is lacking photographic evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted March 23, 2019 Share #5 Posted March 23, 2019 28 minutes ago, Randomguy said: This post is lacking photographic evidence. Mrs is looking to see if she has a pic. I lost most of my saved pics when my old laptop got kilted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted March 23, 2019 Share #6 Posted March 23, 2019 Excellent and kind of you, Petite! I have a huge china cabinet -full of great dinnerware, silver plates and pitchers, etc.- and a large doll collection cabinet -containing expensive dolls including a Greek Corfu Wedding Doll and a Chinese Goddess Doll that I bought for her on my vacations- that have remained in my mother's house since she died in 2003. When I retired in 2006 I downsized, selling my house and buying out my siblings' shares of our deceased parents' house. I want my brother or sister to take the cabinets and their contents and told them I don't care if they sell the contents, but I think I'm going to have to threaten to offer them to cousins before they'll get them out of the house. I think they want those memories of mom to remain in the family and, since they take up a lot space, they figure they might as well stay in my house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted March 23, 2019 Share #7 Posted March 23, 2019 I have a basement full of guilt. Can't sell it because it is family. Family won't come get it. Very nice of you Petite and it will be fun to see your cousin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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