Brontegirl
12-06-2007, 07:46 AM
When my mom cleaned out her garage, she discovered that she had 3 nativity sets and I ended up getting the one my grandmother made. I love it and the sentimental value is everything to me. This is the grandmother I named Vi after (her violets.)
My aunt called my mom the other day and asked her if she could have the nativity set that my grandmother made. My grandmother is deceased. When my mom, aunt and her brother split up the estate, my aunt chose to have lots of very big expensive pieces of jewelry and claimed she did not want the nativity set. So my mom took it. My aunt didn't offer my mother any money for the set but told my mother that she had more room for it anyway so she should get it. This is the same aunt who moved to AZ with her dh and they lived on all the equity in their home, had no jobs and no place to go. My mother took them in. When they got on their feet, they never offered her anything in terms of rent and balked at paying their half of the groceries and utilities. This is the Aunt who has her sons in their 30's living with her.
I have the nativity set above the entertainment center that my dh built and it makes the room. It is absolutely gorgeous and perfect for Christmas. So guess what I told my mother when she told me that Auntie wanted the nativity set. No frickin way. It's mine and I love it. I'm also hosting Christmas Eve at my house and my aunt is one of the guests. I put a rope light up there and it really shows the set off nicely. I do feel a twinge that perhaps I am a jerk. But I love the set even more and the memories of my grandmother when I look at it. :love:love
What the hell do I say if auntie asks me if she can have the set? That I really like it and it holds sentimental value for me toward my grandmother. (also auntie's mother.) Um, and that it is beautiful in my home? :o
My aunt called my mom the other day and asked her if she could have the nativity set that my grandmother made. My grandmother is deceased. When my mom, aunt and her brother split up the estate, my aunt chose to have lots of very big expensive pieces of jewelry and claimed she did not want the nativity set. So my mom took it. My aunt didn't offer my mother any money for the set but told my mother that she had more room for it anyway so she should get it. This is the same aunt who moved to AZ with her dh and they lived on all the equity in their home, had no jobs and no place to go. My mother took them in. When they got on their feet, they never offered her anything in terms of rent and balked at paying their half of the groceries and utilities. This is the Aunt who has her sons in their 30's living with her.
I have the nativity set above the entertainment center that my dh built and it makes the room. It is absolutely gorgeous and perfect for Christmas. So guess what I told my mother when she told me that Auntie wanted the nativity set. No frickin way. It's mine and I love it. I'm also hosting Christmas Eve at my house and my aunt is one of the guests. I put a rope light up there and it really shows the set off nicely. I do feel a twinge that perhaps I am a jerk. But I love the set even more and the memories of my grandmother when I look at it. :love:love
What the hell do I say if auntie asks me if she can have the set? That I really like it and it holds sentimental value for me toward my grandmother. (also auntie's mother.) Um, and that it is beautiful in my home? :o