ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS THIS OLD LADY WHO HAD THIS VERY OLD ROCKING CHAIR AND SHE SPENT HOURS IN IT JUST WATCHING TV AND KNITTING. THIS ROCKING CHAIR WAS IN THE FAMILY FOR AGES AND HAD BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
THE OLD LADY DIDN'T HAVE ANY LIVING KIN AND SO SHE WAS AFRAID THAT THIS OLD ROCKING CHAIR WAS GOING TO GET SOLD WHEN SHE PASSED SO SHE SPENT HER LAST DAYS SEARCHING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER TO TAKE THIS CHAIR AND KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY BUT COULDN'T FIND NOONE.
SHE THEN SLUMPED OVER IN HER CHAIR AND CRIED. SHE WAS CRYING BECAUSE THIS BELOVED CHAIR WAS GOING TO BE SOLD AND FORGOTTEN. THIS CHAIR HAD A STORY BEHIND IT AND THE OLD WOMAN KNEW THAT NOONE ELSE WOULD GET THE STORY OR NO THE STORY BEHIND IT. SO SHE TOOK OUT A PEN AND A PEICE OF PAPER AND BEGAN TO WRITE DOWN THE STORY.
THIS OLD ROCKER HAS BEEN IN OUR FAMILY FOR YEARS. IT WAS BUILT WITH MY ANCHESTORS BARE HANDS USING NOTHING BUT A KNIFE AND A LOG AND WITILED IT. HE THEN TOOK A FINELY THIN PEICE OF PAPER AND SMOOTHED IT DOWN. THE CUSHION IS MADE FROM TREE BARK AND SASAFRASS. IT WAS MADE FOR MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER AS A GIFT WHEN MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS BORN.. SO PLEASE I ASK OF YOU DON'T THROW THIS CHAIR OUT KEEP IT AS A REMINDER OF THOSE LONG AGO WHO DIDNT HAVE ANTHING BUT A KNIFE AND LOG AND HAD TO MAKE THEIR FURNITURE FROM SCRATCH.
SHE FOLDED UP THE PEICE OF PAPER AND TUCKED IT AWAY IN THE TEAR IN THE CUSHION.
SEVERAL YEARS LATER THIS CHAIR WAS BOUGHT AND THE NNOTE WAS FOUND WELL THE PEOPLE WHO FOUND THE NOTE READ IT AND ABOUT CRIED. THEY THEN DECIDED THAT THIS ROCKER HAD A PLACE IN THIER HOME AND EVERY TIME THAT THEY LOOKED AT IT THEY WOULD BE REMINDED OF WHAT THEY HAD TODAY AND BE GREATFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY THING THAT THEY HAD.
THE OLD LADY DIDN'T HAVE ANY LIVING KIN AND SO SHE WAS AFRAID THAT THIS OLD ROCKING CHAIR WAS GOING TO GET SOLD WHEN SHE PASSED SO SHE SPENT HER LAST DAYS SEARCHING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER TO TAKE THIS CHAIR AND KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY BUT COULDN'T FIND NOONE.
SHE THEN SLUMPED OVER IN HER CHAIR AND CRIED. SHE WAS CRYING BECAUSE THIS BELOVED CHAIR WAS GOING TO BE SOLD AND FORGOTTEN. THIS CHAIR HAD A STORY BEHIND IT AND THE OLD WOMAN KNEW THAT NOONE ELSE WOULD GET THE STORY OR NO THE STORY BEHIND IT. SO SHE TOOK OUT A PEN AND A PEICE OF PAPER AND BEGAN TO WRITE DOWN THE STORY.
THIS OLD ROCKER HAS BEEN IN OUR FAMILY FOR YEARS. IT WAS BUILT WITH MY ANCHESTORS BARE HANDS USING NOTHING BUT A KNIFE AND A LOG AND WITILED IT. HE THEN TOOK A FINELY THIN PEICE OF PAPER AND SMOOTHED IT DOWN. THE CUSHION IS MADE FROM TREE BARK AND SASAFRASS. IT WAS MADE FOR MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER AS A GIFT WHEN MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS BORN.. SO PLEASE I ASK OF YOU DON'T THROW THIS CHAIR OUT KEEP IT AS A REMINDER OF THOSE LONG AGO WHO DIDNT HAVE ANTHING BUT A KNIFE AND LOG AND HAD TO MAKE THEIR FURNITURE FROM SCRATCH.
SHE FOLDED UP THE PEICE OF PAPER AND TUCKED IT AWAY IN THE TEAR IN THE CUSHION.
SEVERAL YEARS LATER THIS CHAIR WAS BOUGHT AND THE NNOTE WAS FOUND WELL THE PEOPLE WHO FOUND THE NOTE READ IT AND ABOUT CRIED. THEY THEN DECIDED THAT THIS ROCKER HAD A PLACE IN THIER HOME AND EVERY TIME THAT THEY LOOKED AT IT THEY WOULD BE REMINDED OF WHAT THEY HAD TODAY AND BE GREATFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY THING THAT THEY HAD.
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