Sentimental Value Essay

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Many of us have something that we consider to hold sentimental value, mine would be my dresser. Yes, a dresser, and this dresser really means a lot too me. It’s not a dresser you can buy from your local Ikea store. This dresser was handmade by my great grandfather. He made it around sixty years ago for my grandmother when she was just a little girl. The wooden dresser stands about four feet tall with amazing hand carven detail. It was mint green with shiny silver handles and on the side he carved her name in beautiful cursive, “Diane Washington” with a crown tilted off the side of the last “n” because she was his little princess. Around five years before my grandmother had passed she had decided to hand it down to me. Although the paint had started to chip away and the dresser looked a little worn, I was still very appreciative because my great grandfather made it and I knew how much it meant to her. The following week she showed up to my house with sandpaper and a gallon of paint. We made cookies and began working on the dresser. Despite how small it is, it took the whole day to finish the project. As we began working she told me many stories of her childhood and also about her teenage years. It surprised me that a lot of things she went through and problems she had faced were very similar to mine. I found most of her stories very amusing because you never really think of your grandparents as once being free-spirited teens as we are. We found out that we shared many similarities and the bond we had created while fixing up this tarnished dresser was beautiful. After that day I knew I could talk to her about almost anything. She wasn’t just my grandmother; she was someone I knew I could confide in. She was my friend. And who better to get advice from than someone who’s already been through it all already? You know the saying “You only get wiser with

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