We have only one piece of furniture that has truly stood the test of time. It is our crib. Our old, faithful crib. We bought it 16 years ago and we have
never taken it down. Just as soon as a child was ready to move to a big bed another one was ready to take over their place in the crib. We lovingly put it together in our first apartment and placed our first little baby in it. Since then it has safely cradled 6 more babies and has moved with us into our first home, and then was moved again into our current home. There is no other piece of furniture that can claim that. Everything else has been replaced, upgraded, sold, or been given away. But not our crib. It has held all 7 of our children. Although the bedding has changed frequently and even the mattress had to be replaced with the last baby, the crib has stood strong....until last month.
This is Ashlyn's last night in the crib. And our crib's last night in the place it has called home for many years. The next day we got out the screwdrivers and took this little baby apart. I was a little sad, everybody else was very excited. Especially Ashlyn, because she knew this was coming.....
...a big girl bed! "Just like Alyssa's" she kept saying. It was a great and monumental night. I laid in bed and mentally went through each of my kids, each one now tucked safe and sound and warm in their own bed's. Their own big beds! Ashlyn was finally a big kid.
And she couldn't have been happier!
And what happened to that trusty old crib? Well, it ended up in the dump! Yes, the dump! There it sat at the bottom of a heaping, stinky pile of garbage. Tragic, I know. Nobody would take it. We couldn't sell it or even donate it. It was just too old. But this dear crib had served its purpose and our family very well, at least we have that and the memories. Rest in peace our old friend!
We have only one piece of furniture that has truly stood the test of time. It is our crib. Our old, faithful crib. We bought it 16 years ago and we have never taken it down. Just as soon as a child was ready to move to a big bed another one was ready to take over their place in the crib. We lovingly put it together in our first apartment and placed our first little baby in it. Since then it has safely cradled 6 more babies and has moved with us into our first home, and then was moved again into our current home. There is no other piece of furniture that can claim that. Everything else has been replaced, upgraded, sold, or been given away. But not our crib. It has held all 7 of our children. Although the bedding has changed frequently and even the mattress had to be replaced with the last baby, the crib has stood strong....until last month.
This is Ashlyn's last night in the crib. And our crib's last night in the place it has called home for many years. The next day we got out the screwdrivers and took this little baby apart. I was a little sad, everybody else was very excited. Especially Ashlyn, because she knew this was coming.....
...a big girl bed! "Just like Alyssa's" she kept saying. It was a great and monumental night. I laid in bed and mentally went through each of my kids, each one now tucked safe and sound and warm in their own bed's. Their own big beds! Ashlyn was finally a big kid.
And she couldn't have been happier!
And what happened to that trusty old crib? Well, it ended up in the dump! Yes, the dump! There it sat at the bottom of a heaping, stinky pile of garbage. Tragic, I know. Nobody would take it. We couldn't sell it or even donate it. It was just too old. But this dear crib had served its purpose and our family very well, at least we have that and the memories. Rest in peace our old friend!
1 comment:
Wow! That is a worthy post--not many cribs can tell that story. The end of an era!! It makes me nastalgic
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