old made good

This old girl was dirty and tired when I met her, but she was still a traffic stopper.  Literally.  I had just left work and driven bout 15 yards down the street and there she was.  I’d never seen anything like her, glass doors, hutch, drawers, secretary desk…and keyholes!  So I mashed on my brakes, backed up and paid more than I should have, but she was worth it. She was shabby (minus the chic) when I started work on her.  Covered in years of grime and grease.  Her knobs were sad and in disarray and she had lost her spunk.  I thought about her for a while.  I wanted to wait til she told me who she wanted to be again, and she did.   Hey ya’ll meet Sissy.  She likes magnolia trees, fried green tomatoes, pecan pie and she prefers to be courted not dated.  She can hold your finest china, or sit proudly in your babies room hiding diapers, storing books and showing off pictures.  She’s loyal and won’t give any of your secrets away.