For many years, I have used a method of gathering together a few select Christmas gifts to share with friends old and new.
There is nothing comparable to giving something to a friend that was part of my life.
I have been a thrifter and explorer for a very long time- as was my mother and now my girls- and so these treasures from my special collections are perfect to share with a friend.
In handing it to them, I have often said 'this belonged to my mother'.
And so that gift completes some sort of circle in my heart.
Whether it is a piece of milk glass from my beloved collection,
or a hammered aluminum bowl from the fifties that was my mother's- or later mine :) the feeling is the same.
It makes me smile every time- and it always brings a smile to their faces as well.
My weakness for silverplate, and the collection that has resulted, provides a way I can share my love for its beauty with someone else.
Doing this at Christmas is especially beautiful.
Doing this at Christmas is especially beautiful.
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It is the tenth of the month, and I am honored to be part of Ten on the Tenth!
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