A Gift

This pretty music box was made in Italy and it is my Mothers, I went to her home today and she wasn't there so I went in and waited for her. My new home is right up by her so I waited and waited, no Ma so I decided to clean. She has hard water in her sinks so bad and has complained she can't get it off. So I tackled all three sinks and got the hard water off for her with a good old fashioned pumice stone. Well when she got home she was tickled to death and had brought in some Lime away from the store. She has emphysema so she can't do a lot and was totally whooped when she came in. She could barely breathe so I made her sit down and put her oxygen on and had her relax while I finished cleaning. She has such a hard time letting us girls clean for her because she's always kept a spotless home. So we were roaming around the house and I had her show me some other things I could do. Well she had this beautiful piece that I had remembered as a child. I said "oh you still have that! I just saw one on a blog last night and I just love these" She says "you can have it I don't need it anymore" I was blown away and then she gave me another Victorian sconce that is so cool. She said "leave it here if you want until you move into the new home" But this music box was coming home with me tonight!! I shall put my little secrets inside of it.