Great grandmothers little dresser.
I am amazed, sometimes, at how things work out without you realizing it.
I have this little antique dresser in my house that was once my great grandmothers, according to my mother. I looked at that dresser a little while ago, as I moved it to vacuum under it, and it occurred to me that it would not be sitting there if it weren't for some intervention from God or family from heaven watching over me.
It was a dresser that was used by other people in my mothers family including my siblings and I when we were children. It has been passed around, painted different colors and then stripped to its original wood.
When my husband and I decided to move my great grandparents house, my mother said she wanted the dresser to go in this house once we moved in. She liked the idea of it going back into its original home.
Then my parents got a divorce. It wasn't a very nice divorce and at some point my mother wanted to take the small dresser with her. My dad reminded her that she was giving it to me and it was going into our home, so she left it for me, but wasn't very happy about it.
Speed forward 9 years and I realize that after my moms death, almost a year ago, I wouldn't have gotten the dresser. It would have been sold off to someone else, because my mothers husband convinced her that signing everything over to him would be easier and then he would give her children her things, but he didn't.
God was looking out for me, at least with this one little thing. One precious little piece of my family that has a story.
It makes me sad that so many people get cheated out of their memories because they trust someone to do the right thing and then they don't. But I am grateful that God, sometimes, looks into the future and makes arrangements.
Please be careful when writing out your wills. Protect your children, so they don't have to suffer extra heartbreak when you are gone.
Big Hugs
Shannon
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