A Special Moment with Mom ~ A Royal Harvest!

I have to tell this story.

 

The last time I had a break from school

{back in February}

...it was a working vacation...

We had tile & grout repair work to do.

A very, very dusty operation.

Dust coated everything.

Then, we discovered that some of the grout was the wrong kind.

I had to go back to Best Tile to get more.

But only after more grout was removed.

Dust on Dust

I spent a whole day mopping and washing

washing and mopping

On my way home from Best Tile, I drove past a Salvation Army Store.

I haven't visited one in years.

{Inspired by some very ingenious blog friends that find the most amazing things at Good Will stores}

 

I took a sharp right and pulled in.

I be-lined to a small corner of the large store: kitchen/dishes area 

There were some sets and random dishes here and there.

On the second shelf down... all by themselves were plates...

That Were of My Mother's Dish Pattern!

I almost fainted!

Mom!

This is the pattern she had for years... we grew up with dinner on

"Royal Harvest" dishes.

 

{No one knows what happened to her plates... many were broken over the years}

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It was like getting a hug from Mom after such a long, hard week.

The dinner plates, all in excellent condition, were only $1.49 for all four.

The sandwich plates were only .99 for six.

To add to the wild surprise... it was apparently half-price day!

I was Laughing Out Loud!

The covered casserole dish, dessert plate, sugar bowl and creamer were only 

$19 on eBay!
{I did pay a little extra for shipping so that they would have a safe trip to my home}

You see, a few years ago, 
I spotted this pattern in a local antique store.  I was so excited! But then, I turned over the handwritten tag on the sugar bowl... $29...for just the sugar bowl!
{It was sad leaving them behind}

Oh This was Such a Fun Find!
First the plates, then the extras!
...and at a heavenly price...

It's so nice to get surprises!

Thanks Mom!

{She never quite leaves her children at home, even when she doesn't take them along}

—Margaret Culkin Banning

Thanks for reading my strange but true story.

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For me, it was a heavenly moment - well orchestrated by the Master ~
- and with a mother's touch ♥

Do you have stories like this?

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