Moving On

There is a story

I had a good friend for many years who kept her horse with me. She stopped by and had this china in her trunk to bring to Goodwill. It had been her grandmother's. I didn't think she should part with it, she said it meant nothing to her. I am a sentimentalist when it comes to these things, so I said I would keep it for her incase she changed her mind. She didn't. She died of lung cancer a few years ago, so I know she won't be changing her mind. She would be eighty if she'd lived and this was her grandmother's so I'm thinking 1920s to 1940s. I did look it up and that's about right. I am giving it away and had a woman contact me. Her 30 year-old son wants it. She said he loves this sort of thing. I packed it up and she will probably pick it up today. It is short four dessert plates and one small fruit bowl, both of which can be replaced on a site I found. I am delighted a young man wants this. I said I wanted a gentle home, as it's been in my care for at least twenty years and I feel responsible for it. She told me it will be cared for. I have three sets of china, one I brought home after my mother died. Sentimentality strikes again.