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My niece asked why we keep my great-grandmother's old flour sifter, and I didn't have a good answer at first.
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the_angela17d ago
It's a piece of family history, not just a tool.
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luna_jackson2817d ago
Come on @the_angela, it's an old hammer or a rusty saw. It's okay to just use the thing. People get so weird about objects. It served a purpose for your grandpa and it can still serve a purpose now. Keeping it locked up like a museum piece seems like a waste. Family history is about stories, not stuff sitting on a shelf.
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linda_knight5117d ago
Look at it though. It's a hammer. It was made to hit nails. If your grandpa used it to build a shed, that's cool, but now it just sits there. Feels like we call every old thing "history" now. My mom has a spoon she won't use because her aunt owned it. It's just a spoon. The story matters, not the thing.
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