Antique Christmas Ornament

ANTIQUE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT An old-fashioned bell that Grandmother send. Her last old antique Christmas ornament. Rounded bell, with recessed grooves, so out-dated, yet still to use. Place me high upon your tree. Hang me low for all to see. So those who come can appreciate me. I thought you'd toss me out of sight when your children unwrapped me that Christmas night. But with a caring touch, a tiny bobby pin, you attached to my top like a chosen friend. Each Christmas I held you in my hand you transported me to another land, where Grandmother lives and Grandmother smiles. Then I remembered you as I did as a child. Gingerbread men with candy canes, forgotten stories with old family names. Grandmother's thoughts are now from above. More important than things, for she left them with love. Janet Marie Bingham