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Bev,
What a lovely and heartfelt piece. I feel honored that you shared it with us.
Sandy

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:36:52 -0400, Viking wrote:

> 
> Today caught me by surprise.  I'm blogging it here because you guys are
> my friends and I know many of you will relate.
> My father died last January, and since I haven't been able to get out to
>   Oregon, my cousin sent me several boxes of his belongings.  It arrived
> this afternoon.  Going through the stuff was more difficult than I had
> imagined it would be.  There were quite a few surprises, one of which
> was the 'find' of a gold nugget (actually melded wedding rings with a
> diamond) that we thought had been stolen last year.  After my stepmother
> died, my Dad had their rings melted down into one and I know it was his
> prized possession.  He tried to give it to me in 2002, but I didn't want
> him to take it off-he wore it as a necklace.  Anyway, I have it and will
>   treasure it. Another thing that is really meaningful to me is a cuckoo
> clock.  It's the typical Black Forest antique.  It belonged to my
> grandfather.  Ron helped me hang the clock and it is working fine.
> There are a couple of other things of moderate value, but the thing that
> means the most to me is a poster that was made by someone unknown to me
> for a memorial at the American Legion.  The poster contains several pics
> of me and Dad, including one I had never seen before.  I have no idea
> who put that poster together, but it brought me to tears.  I also lost
> it while reading the guest book from the memorial where people wrote
> little messages to him.  Finally, I have his war medals from WWII.
> Those are irreplaceable, like my Dad.  He never talked much about his
> time in the South Pacific, but I had looked up his division history and
> knew things that he never told me.  Seeing his medals and ribbons and
> pins really made me proud.  Finally, there is a silver coaster that has
> the Finnish coat of arms as well as the city of Oulu flag on it.  My
> family name is engraved on the back. It's priceless to me.  Of course,
> there were dishes, clothing, his magnifying glass, lapel pins and
> photos, as well as a history of the dairy where he worked for over 50
> years.  Yup, my daddy really was the milkman, and I am glad he
> befriended my mother. :)
> So, today was bittersweet.  I am so proud to be Finnish.  SISU!
> 
> Bev
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> erthnsky AT bellsouth.net        BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm      NW Georgia 
> USDA Zone 7
> 34.498N       85.076W
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