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Little Darby Shea, my perky little beautiful granddaughter was given a backpack from her mom before mom died. It was worn, the zipper was broken, it was dirty and needed to be stitched, and when Cricket, Darby’s Nanny tried to toss it out into the garbage, Darby said emphatically: “NO!” It was from her mom and she wanted to keep it.
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As we visited back in Burbank, Ca., I came across it and
asked Grandma what she wanted to do with it, toss it? “NO!” said grandma and
explained why. So out we went to a craft store in Burbank to find a new zipper
and thread to fix it. After at least an hour of commiserating over which zipper
to choose, we found what we thought was the right one and purchased it.
Flying home we had an old backpack, a new zipper and a plan,
grandma’s plan to mend the backpack and help heal a broken heart.
Grandma spent almost a half a day fixing and mending the
backpack, then soaking it into some Oxiclean. A new zipper and stitching then a
good soaking and Grandma’s love did it all! One little button was missing, but
that little button will be happy when she is reunited with her mom’s gift of
love that was compounded by grandma’s added gift of love!
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