Grandpa's Treasure Chest

Grandpa's Treasure Chest In the corner of the attic covered with a dusty tarp Was a neat wooden chest It was stamped 1942 Excitedly I opened it up hearing the hinges creak Inside to my suprize were pieces of Grandpa's life His uniform from WW II It was folded neatly in a plastic bag Treasured momentos from back then It brought tears to my eyes Next to it was a fancy box holding each medal that he earned Including the purple heart So much I never knew about. In my mind history was playing out like a stack of building blocks There were antique picture frames With pictures of him and Gramma They looked so happy together He was ruggedly handsome. So strong and smart back then. One showed him making wooden games Then I saw Gramma's wedding things With pictures of them on that day. Her dress was so simple yet elegant. wrapped in a protective bag as well It was beautiful with pearls and lace with little lace gloves and vail all matching They even kept the letters they wrote to each other while he was away at war Saying how much they missed each other Then one special one gave mention of Gramma writing she was pregnant I could envision the joy, as he replied, in his note There's so much more within the chest But I'll have to wait for another day As time got away from me up here and I still have so much left to do But this chest of family memories is far more precious than the rest. © Bonnie J Hollywood-Cutts I USED THE SUPRIZE SPELLING because they used to use it that way long ago. When I was a child and I felt it gave me a bit more nostalgic feeling to it for me.