First of all, let me say that I love history. I have always
cherished old things and wish they could tell me the stories
of where they had been and who owned them. I spent a year
living at Fort Belvoir, Virginia during the Korean War and
every Sunday that was possible, we spent looking at the
historic homes in the area. It served to deepen my love for
antiques.

Several years later, an old friend of the family asked me to
go get her old camel back trunk out of her cellar. She was
getting ready to sell her home and neither of her twin
daughters wanted this homely old trunk. She had brought it
as a bride when she came to Oklahoma.

I rescued it, cleaned it up and painted it and have used it
to this day to store linens and bedding.

As fate would have it, my niece married into the family and
had two children. I offered her the trunk but she didn't
view it as a family treasure. My grand niece, Kristen,
called recently and asked me if I would give it to her because she had nothing from her grandmother or her great
grandmother. I am thrilled to be able to return it to
its original family. It is from the Victorian Empire period
and has the original picture in the lid. I never had it
fully restored but I know a man who does it beautifully and
I will put her in touch with him.

Kristen was not fortunate enough to have known her great
grandmother, who was a strong pioneer woman but I remember
her well and can share my stories and memories with Kristen.
Life comes full circle sometimes doesn't it.