The old cedar chest sat in my Mother's mobile home in the same spot for over 35 years. It was returned to her and my Dad when my grandmother passed away in 1958 and when my parents divorced in 1970, my Mother took sole possession.

I wondered over the years as it sat unnoticed, covered in dust and clothed in memories just how it came into our family. Dad recalled the story of how back in the forties he and my Mother had promised to buy my grandmother a new refrigerator, but by the time they were financially able, she had already gotten one on her own. So Dad and Mother went down to Hart's Furniture Store in Dallas and picked out the cedar chest for her – it was a birthday present. With a twinkle in his eyes, and a grin on his face, he continued to tell me how it was bought on credit, credit first earned by making good on a prior note for a Hi-Fi. Although it isn't clear what that cedar chest cost at the time, I'm sure on a carpenter's salary, it was much more than my parents could afford. Dad recalled that they paid $5.00 a month until it was paid in full.

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