My mother-in-law and her sister are always "cleaning out their attics", any visit with either of them involves a show and tell of their latest find followed by a "thought you might want it or could use it". Its hard to say no after watching them get all nostalgic telling the tale. This can be really hard when the items they try to give you is just a transfer of their clutter to ours, things like old floral vases, or box's of baby food or mason jars. (Their attics would be an eBay sellers dream come true). Many of the items they have passed along have had a great deal of family history involved like the wooden chair with animals carved in it that my husbands grandfather was given after playing the church organ for decades. Or most recently my mother-in-law asked if I wanted a hat box as she had several she wanted to get rid of. I accepted a box, and when we opened it to tuck away some other things she was sending home we discovered an old tailored hat ,nesting neatly inside, just as the day it was bought. She was surprised and beamed with pride as she recalled the uncle who used to wear it, "how he was a small man but he dressed so smart and neat he looked ten feet tall". I went to give her the box and hat back thinking now she might want to keep it, but she insisted I keep it saying "I want you to have it- you will take good care of it and find a use". She is right about that- I will but in a different way. It is not the hat I will cherish for her grandson after all they are as some would say "just things", it is the story and how she told it that I will pass along. ... Can you just picture this man the year is 1939, he is barely 5'2 but all dressed to the nines and a confidence about him he stands so tall and Rigel.....