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THE VASE

One day I was lying on the bed, reading, when my mother came into the room. She held out a vase a rather ugly vase. She asked “Would you like to have this vase?” I replied quickly, “ no, I don’t want it”. As she turned to walk away, I felt that I had to ask her something. So I asked, “where did you get it, Mom?”. She said “oh, I got it when I filled an order”. I thought no communication here. So I asked “what do you mean, filled an order?”. She said “when, I was a little girl, the Smith Company mailed catalog to people , I would take the catalog around the neighborhood , and I’d get people to order from it. When I filled an order and I sent it in, they gave me a prize. One time, I got a porch swing for my family”

Now you have to understand that my mother is 50 years old. She is one of six children in a family that her father deserted when she was quite young. Money was really hard to come by. My grandmother managed to keep the family together through the years, although I don’t know how. For my mother , to win a luxury like a porch swing was a significant accomplishment. Although she no longer had the swing , she had the vase. A vase full of meaning which she offered to me.

Instantly I said “mom, I want this vase”. Now it sits in a prominent place in my living room.