[Lil Sis]

Ha ha... I guess we are all a bit alike.

I have a beautiful set of china. It was my mothers and it is Bavarian and some peices were Rosenthal. She also had a tea set in some high end china that I can't spell. My poor mother moved it so many times.. she alway remembered the "days" when she had a beautiful house and had big dinners.

When she died I got the china, crystal, the tea set, cabinet. One day, soon after, I was in my bed room and heard a big crash.. yes.. the shelves in the new china cabinet fell and the whole tea set was dust. I saved most of the crystal and all of the table set. I was heart sick.. my poor mother trudged that stuff around for so many years! I owned it for a few months and it was trashed. A few days latter my brother call from over seas and in the conversation he said.. "you know that china mom had.. well it is really valuable." That didn't help

So.. now I still have a beautiful china servering for 12... but no one is allowed to use it. I get nervous even thinking about it. I have moved 4 times sense my mother passed and I am sure to keep it safe.