subject: Grandmother's Glass Serving Trays Platters [print this page] I remember when summer would come, just how good it made my heart feel. After so many months trapped inside a house with two parents, and four other siblings, until the winter passed, could drive a child crazy! Mom's porcelain serving trays platters were always a hit when we had our summer parties!
I definitely was not raised in a rich family. We always rose with the chickens, and worked all day long. I appreciated everything I had because, I had to earn it. My parents were very strict and believed that hard work would give their children character. I believe my parents were correct in their practices and I am happy they instilled those beliefs in me.
The first time I had seen mother's serving trays, I was very little. She had taken them out of the back of her china cabinet, where she stored all her precious treasures. There were three platters, and I remember being amazed at all the colors and intricate designs that were on the trays.
I loved those dishes from the very moment I laid eyes on them. I could not wait until the next year, after momma stored them, so that I could view them again. Mom finally decided one day to tell me, how she got these wonderful pieces of art.
When my mother was just a teenager, her mother was very ill and the doctors did not give my grandmother very long to live. Just before grandmother passed on, she told my mother that there would be a gift for her on her craft table in grandmother's workshop. My grandmother enjoyed crafting glass items, and the set of three platters was grandmother's last project.
Those three porcelain platters are now on my china shelf, being bestowed to me from my momma before she passed away. No one touches them, and no one will until my death. They are worth more to me than all the money on earth.
