How an antique Christmas Ornament can cause
a family to remember the love they had for their
grandmother.
The Antique Christmas Ornament
Old-fashioned bell that Grandmother sent.
Her last old antique Christmas ornament.
Rounded bell, with recessed grooves,
so out dated, yet still to use.
Place me high upon your tree.
Hang me low for all to see.
So those who come can appreciate me.
I thought you’d toss me out of sight
when your children unwrapped me
that Christmas night.
But with caring touch,
a tiny bobby pin,
you attached to my top
like a chosen friend.
Each Christmas I held you in my hand
you transported me to another land,
where Grandmother lives
and Grandmother smiles.
Then I remembered you
as I did as a child.
Gingerbread men with candy canes,
forgotten stories with old family names.
Grandmother’s thoughts are now from above.
More important than things,
for she left them with love.
I too treasure old ornaments. It gave me pain and pleasure to allow my older grandchildren to pick an ornament from "Mom's tree when I was a girl." I have cherished them for years, and want these dear young people to have one to keep.
As you said, they were left with love.
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As you said, they were left with love.
Connie
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