THE INHEIRITANCE
Drawn on the front of this page is my daughter’s inheritance, a pile of old battered well used kitchen utensils. One is an aluminum colander that I received as a bride. The baking sheet doubles as a lid for a 9x 13 cake pan. Jennifer remembers many a quick supper of pot pies and French fries popped into the oven on it. The branding iron is actually an antique biscuit cutter. I still say that it was the best Christmas present that John ever gave me.
When Jenny was a teenager, she put her request for these things. Now she is a little more direct; “When you retire, these are mine.”
My response, “I’m still using them, when I’m done with them you can have them.
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