Valentine Plates.

Spotted these vintage Valentine's Plates at the old

Antique Mall a few weeks ago when I did a shift.

My gramma collected these plates when she still

graced our lives. When she died in 1982, her girls

(my mom and 2 aunts) split up the plates. For years,

my mom had hers in the dining room. Then they

moved to the coast and I can't remember now if I

actually saw them in any of the homes they lived

in out there. They came home when my dad was

diagnosed in 2000, he died in 2002 and back in

2017, my mom moved in to care. We had to pack

up her house and there are still some boxes in our

garage that I've been going thru. And guess what I

found? At least 12 of the plates! They were all in

perfect condition, safely tucked away in sturdy but

beautiful display boxes. Now I'm going through

each to decide which ones to hang up and which

ones to gift to my daughters. Feeling so loved ....

~ Chy