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SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE READ PART OF THIS STORY IN SOME OF MY PAST AUCTIONS, BUT IT IS WORTH REPEATING IN THIS CASE. MY HUSBAND I BOUGHT AN OLD HOUSE TO TURN AROUND LAST YEAR. IT HAD BEEN EMPTY SINCE THE LITTLE ITALIAN LADY WHO LIVED THERE DIED 10 YEARS AGO. WHEN WE WALKED IN IT WAS JUST AS SHE LEFT IT, EVEN A COFFEE CUP IN THE SINK. WE LEARNED THAT SHE HAD LIVED THERE AS A CHILD WITH HER IMMIGRANT PARENTS, GOT MARRIED, MOVED OUT, HAD A LITTLE GIRL, DELORES. HER YOUNG HUSBAND WAS SENT OVERSEAS DIED THERE. HE WAS JOHN. SHORTLY AFTER HIS DEATH, HER LITTLE GIRL WAS FEELING ILL. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A BRAIN TUMOR. MOMMY DAUGHTER MOVED BACK IN WITH GRANDMA, 18 MONTHS AFTER HER HUSBAND DIED, MARGARET LOST HER ONLY CHILD WHO DIED IN THE HOME. IF I REMEMBER, SHE WAS AROUND 8 YEARS OLD. WE FOUND PHOTOS OF HER FUNERAL, THERE WERE PHOTOS OF HER DADDY IN THE CHILD'S COFFIN WITH HER. SHE WAS DRESSED ALL IN WHITE, HAD LONG, DARK, SHINY BRAIDS WITH WHITE RIBBONS. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE FOUND THE BRAIDS, STILL SHINY WITH WHITE RIBBONS IN TACT. I DIDN'T WANT THEM, BUT PUTTING THESE PRECIOUS MEMORIES IN THE TRASH WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION! I FOUND SOMEONE WHO TREASURES THEM LIKE THEY SHOULD BE. SHE TOOK THE BRAIDS THE PHOTOS, DEATH CERTIFICATE, TELEGRAM ABOUT THE DADDY'S DEATH, BOTH OBITUARIES. I HAD A BEER STEIN ("ON AUCTION RIGHT NOW) FROM THE OLD HOUSE. IT HAS BEEN IN MY COMPUTER DESK WAITING TO GO ON EBAY FOR OVER A YEAR( I KEPT FORGETTING). A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO I TOOK OUT THE STEIN TO SELL FOUND INSIDE : THE LITTLE GIRLS BRACELET. IT HAS HER NAME, 1944 SOUTH PACIFIC ENGRAVED ON IT. THERE WAS AN OLD FAN WITH SOME TEARS, FROM JAPAN. THE WORDS "KYOTO JAPAN; 10/6/45; LOVE JOHN," ARE HANDWRITTEN ON THE FAN. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A GIFT TO HIS WIFE, MARGRET, WHILE THE BRACELET WAS FOR HIS DAUGHTER. THERE WAS ALSO SOME WHITE RIBBON. I CAN'T PROVE IT, BUT THIS MUST BE PART OF THE RIBBON USED TO PUT IN DELORES' HAIR...WHY ELSE WOULD IT BE STORED WITH HER BRACELET? THE MOTHER NEVER REMARRIED, NEVER HAD ANOTHER CHILD, HER ONLY LIVING IMMEDIATE FAMILY WAS A 90 YEAR OLD SISTER WHO HAD A SON WHO BECAME A PRIEST. IT'S SAD TO ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO GO ON FOR THIS FAMILY. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL BE INTERESTED IN ALL THAT REMAINS ON EARTH OF THE FAMILY, A FEW PRECIOUS MEMORIES. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU READ ALL OF THIS. SHIPPING IS $4.00. I CHECK EMAILS LATE @ NIGHT SHIP ONCE A WEEK, UNLESS OTHERWISE REQUESTED. I ACCEPT PAYPAL, MONEY ORDERS CHECKS. GOD BLESS YOU.
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