I wanted our living room to be restful after a long, hard day’s work in the office. But my trips to home décor stores proved to be frustrating. There was not an item—not even a small planter—that the string budget of a new homemaker could afford.
I wanted green accents to the pristine white walls. Plants would have been great but they needed caring and I had two small children who needed it more. While unpacking all our paltry earthly belongings, I found several empty bottles—most of them green. I brushed them clean and put them on the shelf and on my piano. They looked good, I thought. When the sun or overhead lights hit them, they had a refreshing glow.
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Like my husband’s Elvis collection, my green bottles had become . . . “Oh, you collect green!”
In over 20 years, I now have a motley collection of green glass in all shapes, sizes, and shades. In recent years, glass trophies and plaques have become a vogue and so, those that we receive in green glass have joined the collection!
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I am not complaining, I am bragging. Because here, in the living room of our very first and only owned home, these hundreds of green glass gewgaws (except for a few exceptions—well-chosen and well-priced gifts from friends and family on my birthday), once junkyard bound, have a place all their own. Within white walls, they and my family share a history.
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My answer has always been, “Ours is irreplaceable.”
In the same manner, I can now reward myself with shopping in those pricey home décor stores. But should I?
If my green glass junks could talk, they’d reply, “We’re irreplaceable.”
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beautiful glass collection! I hope one day to have such a collection... meaning that I finally made a home.
ReplyDeleteDear Jen,
ReplyDeleteI actually replied to your comment long,long ago but since I've been having problems with My DSL internet connection for a month now, my reply must have gotten lost in cyberspace. Thanks for the visit. You will surely have a collection as large as this one. Just say to one or two friends, "Do you have any green bottle you're about to throw away?" That should do it!
Blessings,
grace