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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 605565" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>Ever since I was a kid it's been impressed on me that memories are more important than STUFF. That said, when my maternal grandparents moved into assisted living... I WANTED their china cabinet and bedroom suite. A few knickknacks. My Grandpa's WWII books. A Brownie camera, a small bottle of Evening in Paris (empty of course), and a brass airplane made from artillery shells. Grandpa's patches in a shadowbox with a piece of shrapnel. (I'm the only grandchild.)</p><p></p><p>My paternal grandparents have 4 grandchildren... And only one cares much about WWII. I got his uniform, and some other really cool stuff including a cover for <em>Mein Kampf </em>and some jewelry. I wish I had a display case for it.</p><p></p><p>The WWII stuff will likely go to Pat, as he has shown a keen interest, and really there isn't much for him from his maternal grandparents. Biogpa died with nothing... And biogma, well, she's been excommunicated by a 15-y/o boy.</p><p></p><p>I wanted Belle to get my cross, made by a great-uncle in WWII from a spoon; but she thinks it's tacky. Ah well. Rose will probably like it... She loves "shiny" things.</p><p></p><p>I love photo albums... In fact I love making slide shows to music for my parents. We are slowly scanning them all in so we can keep them forever... SLOOOWWWWWLLLY.</p><p></p><p>My parents have been going through and getting rid of stuff. LOTS of stuff. And before anything goes... Mom asks. Their headboard and dresser are Sauder - so I can just get rid of them someday. I have Mom's sewing table. And I have the coffee table and end tables her father made for them in 1973. They're orange and plain and weight a metric tonne and go with nothing I own, and I LOVE them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 605565, member: 6705"] Ever since I was a kid it's been impressed on me that memories are more important than STUFF. That said, when my maternal grandparents moved into assisted living... I WANTED their china cabinet and bedroom suite. A few knickknacks. My Grandpa's WWII books. A Brownie camera, a small bottle of Evening in Paris (empty of course), and a brass airplane made from artillery shells. Grandpa's patches in a shadowbox with a piece of shrapnel. (I'm the only grandchild.) My paternal grandparents have 4 grandchildren... And only one cares much about WWII. I got his uniform, and some other really cool stuff including a cover for [I]Mein Kampf [/I]and some jewelry. I wish I had a display case for it. The WWII stuff will likely go to Pat, as he has shown a keen interest, and really there isn't much for him from his maternal grandparents. Biogpa died with nothing... And biogma, well, she's been excommunicated by a 15-y/o boy. I wanted Belle to get my cross, made by a great-uncle in WWII from a spoon; but she thinks it's tacky. Ah well. Rose will probably like it... She loves "shiny" things. I love photo albums... In fact I love making slide shows to music for my parents. We are slowly scanning them all in so we can keep them forever... SLOOOWWWWWLLLY. My parents have been going through and getting rid of stuff. LOTS of stuff. And before anything goes... Mom asks. Their headboard and dresser are Sauder - so I can just get rid of them someday. I have Mom's sewing table. And I have the coffee table and end tables her father made for them in 1973. They're orange and plain and weight a metric tonne and go with nothing I own, and I LOVE them. [/QUOTE]
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