My grandmother is a retired seamstress in her late 70s. She’s made me a set of pajamas every year for Christmas since I was a kid, and over the years she’s done custom stockings, quilts, all that. As she’s gotten older that’s slowed down a lot, so anything handmade from her feels pretty special now.
Just over a week ago I got a package from my grandparents. Inside were some wrapped Christmas gifts, some home baked goods, and a few (breakable) Christmas tree decorations. At the bottom of the box was a lumpy pillow.
My grandma has sent me old duvet inserts as packing material before, so I assumed it was the same deal. I took out the “pillow,” unpacked the nice stuff… and when I broke down the box for recycling, I tossed the pillow in the garbage.
Fast forward to yesterday, garbage day. My downstairs roommate was being nice and took the bins out to the alley for pickup. Around noon I start getting frantic texts from my girlfriend asking if I threw out the pillowcase and if the garbage had been picked up yet.
Then she tells me the “pillow” was actually a custom Christmas tree skirt my grandma made for me about 5 years ago. She’d been holding onto it, waiting until I was in a more stable place before giving it to me. She put well over 100 hours into making it.
Then my mom calls me crying, telling me how long my grandma had saved it for me, how much work went into it, and basically how bad I fucked up (as if I didn't already know).
I got off the phone with her and frantically called the city to see if the dump truck had unloaded yet. End up talking to waste disposal manager for the city who tells me to meet the truck inside the dump so I can try and find it. Luckily the dump truck driver had stopped to buy a lottery ticket, so dispatch had time to tell him to hold off on dumping his load.
I drove straight to the dump, met up with the driver, and started digging through garbage. I ended up digging through trash for well over an hour looking for it. Had like 4 other city employees helping me look.
But I actually found it.
I was so relieved that genuinely cried a bit in front of a bunch of garbage men. The pillow case seems to have protected it well as it still just smells like my grandparents wood burning stove. Not a single stain or anything else that shows the journey it's been through.
For some added context, in the last 6 years I've really turned my life around. Got out of a bad relationship, quit vaping and weed, went to college, got a career and just bought a house 2 months ago. And with my new house, I'm hosting Christmas for the first time. Basically I used to let the people around me down alot and I really didn't want to do that again.
I still feel so guilty about throwing it out in the first place. With the time she put in making it and how she was saving it till I was in a more stable position, how much of a slap in the face it would have been to lose it like that. Very thankful it all worked out
TLDR: Threw out a lumpy "Pillow" that was actually a custom tree skirt my grandmother spent 100 hours making. Dug through the landfill to find it
Here's a picture of it after I found it
https://preview.redd.it/zt4o21nh9e6g1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=e1ef67e8e6dddaff555018cb6238554b75ae2c3d
https://preview.redd.it/4ll9hrjl9e6g1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae401eee6e70e1e5671cf30259340d31db6d1e78
And a tree picture
Wow that really is a good looking tree skirt. I'm happy for you to have found it. Usually they are fairly ugly like ugly Christmas sweaters, but this is very tasteful.
I could send you some family heirlooms. Not your families but mine with no where to go….
I'll be honest, I'm curious to see what you've got!
Lots of handmade quilts…. Not going into the crack pot jokes. Not the time for it. I donated a lot of things to museums. War Museums of Kentucky because I didn’t want out family military papers, pictures etc. scattered everywhere.
I love quilts! I'd treasure them forever 😍
A pair of family jewels?
Sometimes I forget that Reddit is Reddit since I usually stay in parts that have remined wholesome. Thanks for reminding me that is not reality
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That's just nuts.
Can I pay you to ship them to me? I will treasure them forever 💕
Message me.
Post pics! We wanna see them please!
Yeah I'd love a skirt like that. Our current one isn't bad but isn't great. Too small and the design and materials aren't anything to write home about.
If you knit, or know someone that does, there are some great patterns out there. I knit one for myself maybe ten years ago, pretty simple, but looks really nice under the tree. I'm pretty sure this is the pattern I used: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1114743413/cable-knit-christmas-tree-skirt-pattern
I might have to ask my Mum about making us one for next year.
The best part about knitting a tree skirt is that it doesn't have to be a high-end yarn. A 1lb ball of Red Heart would probably do the job! :)
Absolutely gorgeous, and now you have a funny story to tell your future kids about it when you all gather around!
I wish we had family heirlooms like that. My tree skirt is one of those pre-printed ones from quilted fabric that you cut out and sew edging around. But I also sewed gold piping and a ruffle around it. It's definitely not as lovely or labor-intensive as the one OP's grandmother made, but it's nice enough that maybe one of our kids might want it.
If I could, I would give you two upvotes. One for the story, and a second for having definitive proof that it's not ai.
Yeah honestly this whole story has such chaotic real person energy you can practically smell the landfill on it. No AI could recreate the panic of sprinting to the dump over a lumpy pillow. This one’s pure human disaster.
Now you two have tagged this story for AI training fodder.
You can. You can even give them three upvotes! One on the story, one on the comment you replied to, and one on their reply to the same comment
How on earth did you mistake that for a duvet insert! I was expecting it to be white! I'm so glad you got it back though.
I didn't mistake it for a duvet insert. I gave that as an example for a previous package where she sent old bedding I didn't want as packing material. The tree skirt was in a pillow case bag of some kind that zipped up. If I saw any of the colors through the pillow case I would have checked, but it literally felt/looked like a lumpy old pillow.
So how many handcrafted items wrapped in old bedding have you thrown away?
Jk, I’m glad you found the skirt. You have an excellent story to go with it now!
I am glad you got it back. I am proud of you for all of your accomplishments!!
Ah, that makes sense. I'm so glad your have it now!
It's beautiful and I'm so happy for you that you were able to find it🥹. Happy holidays to you and your family🎄
That’s a labor of love right there.
Ohh ❤️ I'm so glad your story has a happy ending. My mom was a quilter, and I can imagine the horror I would have felt in your shoes, realizing the mistake I'd made. Thank you for sharing pictures of it! I love that it still smelled like woodstove. Go go, magic pillowcase!
Weeellll double damn. Got a lesson, dintcha?
Love the happy ending! Why is nobody talking about the fact that the Xmas tree is wearing slipper socks though? It looks like you might have a Christmas flee situation on your hands- better hope it doesn’t take Grammy’s skirt when it bails!
Why would you toss something like this ever
Because it didn't look like this in the package. If you read the post then you should know it was inside an old pillow case.
And now you take a printed picture and a big tray of holiday treats over to that city dump. You make a HUGE fuss over all the help those workers gave you. You take pictures of them to hide under your tree.
This is going to be the family Christmas story for decades for you and for those workers as well.
My girlfriend and I are planning on getting the dump truck driver a card with some scratch tickets or lottery tickets. Adding in some baked goods for everyone else involved is a good idea.
Homies like baked goods. Office homies, mechanic homies, neighbor homies...all the homies.
I used to bring homemade cookies to the guys who ran my favourite record store...the first time was just before Christmas and they promptly shared some homemade wine with me. After that, they would set aside records for me they thought I'd like. Homies really do like baked goods.
Double check the city policy re: gifts — some have dollar amount restrictions (like $30 or $50). That way your gift doesn’t get tossed!
Normally, it is fine if it goes to the group as a whole but that’s a good thing to keep in mind. I think my work’s limit is $25 but baked goods are priceless especially if shared. But also a lot of workers aren’t worried about this so as long as it’s not something like a new car, it should be fine!
My workplaces had a higher limit (~$50, I believe), but due to being local governments (both were cities), they were pretty strict on it. You could get a write-up/strike or fired for accepting over the limit.
Understandable. I think baked goods and a couple $5-10 lotto tickets is the move. It came up for us at work because someone from another country gave a 5 piece silverware set made with a new (soon to be) patented alloy and no one could come up with a price for it but they also couldn’t refuse it as a gift because of country relations and refusing gifts being seen as rude. I think they ended up all taking 1 piece of it home (or maybe the company kept it). They did share the chocolates they also got with the whole office, which made it not count toward the gift limit in that instance.
Scratch tickets is such a cute touch. Dump truck dude is gonna feel like he won the lottery twice. And yeah bringing treats for the rest of the crew feels perfect after they spent their morning elbow deep in mystery garbage to save Christmas.
Put the baked goods inside a toy dump truck! (Preferably one that looks exactly like theirs)
Lottery tickets/scratchcards are such a weird gift? Why not get them something tangible rather than the ephemeral gift of a gamble that they're statistically unlikely to win?
i agree generally, but the guy in question plays lotto, so im sure he will appreciate it
I feel like it's a somewhat normal gift. My grandparents used to just buy a couple hundred dollars of scratch offs for the adults and they would share what they won. It's a family tradition now and one we've carried on even after my grandpa died. 2 years ago we finally profited the first time, and by quite a bit. Uncle spent $200 on scratch offs and we ended up winning over $500. The gift isn't the ticket itself and the low chance to win, the gift was the experience and the fun we had as a family scratching off a massive stack of lottery tickets. The excitement when someone would hit for $20 made memories that were worth more than any tangible gift and are still my favorite Christmas memories to this day.
because the driver stopping for a lottery ticket is the reason OP made it in time? i don’t gamble and i don’t like getting scratchers as gifts so i know where you’re coming from but in this scenario personalizing the gift this way is incredibly kind and thoughtful.
Ah I blanked on that detail
Sorry. I think you need to do more than that.
A lottery ticket changed the timing enough for them to be able to find the tree skirt. It is a perfect little thank you.
Why? That sounds like a perfectly adequate thing to do
I do think a photo would be nice, make it into an ornament for the tree
Great idea!
Yeah honestly this is such a perfect ending to a chaotic story. Showing up with treats and a thank you is the exact wholesome move that turns the whole thing into a legend. Those workers are definitely telling their friends about the guy who dove into a dump to save grandma’s handmade Christmas skirt. It’s gonna be one of those stories your family retells forever.
That's some Christmas miracle shit right there. Those city workers probably telling that story for years, guy crying over grandma's tree skirt in the dump.
That's what everyone's been saying. My girlfriend and I are planning on getting the dump truck driver a card with some scratch tickets or lottery tickets lol.
That is very nice and I’m sure will be very appreciated.
I’m so glad you found the tree skirt. It’s really pretty and your efforts truly highlight the strides you’ve made in life.
Happy Holidays.
I think a straight up reward would be better, and ask the supervisor if there's a time when you could buy the group pizza as well. Think of the world you'd be in today without their help.
If the driver didn't stop to grab a lottery ticket, he likely would have already dumped the load and I'd have been very unlikely to find it. I normally would never get a lottery ticket as a gift, but with the context, I think it's a funny and kind way of thanking him. For everyone else I agree some pizza or baked goods is a good idea.
Yeah, so maybe he would appreciate that.
To me, as a blue collar guy it feels like, "here's a reward that's 99% likely to be worthless"
But I hadn't considered your angle, since I'm against gambling.
At first I was with the "a lottery ticket???" thing as well, but yeah - considering a lottery ticket literally saved the day here, it is a perfect thank you for the driver. I'd be taking pizza, homemade cookies & anything else I could think of for the whole crew that helped.
I would go lottery ticket+$50 bill They can spend on lottery or whatever
Feels more respectful
get the tickets, but also a real gift card
Pizza party is not a good idea, especially for a group of people who are probably pretty dirty at their dayjobs and on top of that are likely out on the road more often than not, and want to get the heck out of dodge as soon as they're back at their hub.
For real, it legit sounds like a Hallmark movie plot. Random city workers watching a dude cry over a tree skirt in a landfill is peak holiday magic energy. They’re absolutely gonna retell that moment every Christmas like “remember the guy who actually FOUND the thing?” It’s too good.
Imagine clocking in and witnessing a man speedrun emotional redemption in a trash pile.
This is actually a great example of why intent matters. You made an honest mistake, but you moved mountains to fix it. Your grandma would probably be way more proud of how hard you tried than upset about the mix-up. The effort means more than anything.
Thanks, I certainly hope so because I still haven't told her lol
Tell her! Don't let her be sad any longer.
She knows that I have it, I just haven't told her about the journey it went through 😅
The garbage dudes that helped you pick through the trash for an hour are the real MVPs
No kidding. I didn't ask a single one of them for help. They just kept showing up to empty thier trucks, got out and asked "What are we looking for?" I then had to explain why we were looking for a lumpy pillow lol.
"For some added context, in the last 6 years I've really turned my life around"
The fact that you were willing to dig through an actual ton of rubbish speaks volumes about how far you've come. You screwed up (accidentally), owned the problem and did all you could to fix it. You did good :)
Love the story, and don't forget to hug your gran.
Absolutely!
This this this!
It is not how badly you screwed up. Humans do that. It is how sincerely you work to make things right when you can.
I’m glad you found it.
When my parents moved to assisted living, they hired a company to handle the estate sale, with time for us to sort through the house for things we wanted to keep. The task got muddled up as they moved in Feb 2020 and within a month, sorting through the house largely fell to me because my siblings were suddenly having to work from home while simultaneously needing to monitor their kids’ schooling from home as well.
Complicating the search was the fact that Mom was suffering from Alzheimer‘s and would ”put stuff away” in places it never used to go and then forget she ever did that. And they packed up house and moved just a few weeks after their last Christmas. Along with everything else in the house, we divided up favorite Christmas ornaments and decorations, but one thing missing was a lovely tree skirt Mom had embroidered. It had taken her years because she couldn’t spend large blocks of time on it. And after the last Christmas, she “put it away.“
And I never found it.
I assume it got a lovely new owner when the estate sale people sorted through everything and finally opened house. I like to think it’s spread under someone’s tree and being enjoyed right now. It’s one of the few things I regret leaving behind.
You did an amazing thing. This is a Christmas miracle😊So many people helping you as well is so beautiful and uplifting to hear. There is still so much goodness out there. Thank you for reminding us all 🎄
This story is a fucking rollercoaster. From 'oh no' to 'OH NO' to you literally digging through a dump with a city entourage.
Now to make amends to your granny, you need to bring her 3 treasures from /r/DumpsterDriving
Oh god the best dumpster diving I've ever seen was at a Leisure World, but it's also the saddest. And people just threw Vicodin in the trash! Along with other meds, but the most likely children of the deceased just didnt want to deal with proper disposal, everything in the place went in the trash.
Damn, thats rough. But I hear you on how it could also be cool to find special/unique items in there.
Says it's banned bc it was unmoderated?
Because they wrote “driving” it should be r/dumpsterdiving
Lol thank you. I should've seen that
I'm not doubting the story, especially with the photos, but I will admit being a bit thrown by "Around noon I start getting frantic texts from my girlfriend asking if I threw out the pillowcase and if the garbage had been picked up yet." Seems to be missing some context about how the girlfriend knew about the tree skirt and why she would seemingly randomly be asking if it was thrown out in the first place.
My girlfriend was texting my mom, which is why my mom also knew when she called me.
He's asking how the girlfriend knew.
Not OP, but from context, GF was texting mom, obviously mom already knew as this was done for a long time.
Makes sense.
I'm doubting the story, especially with the photos...
FWIW, reverse image search didn’t find them anywhere. And they both seem to be the same item, and not AI.
does it look like something you would just throw out ?
Did you even read the post?
They said it was stuffed in an old pillowcase in the box.
If stuffed inside an old pillowcase, like OP mentioned, yes.
The pillow felt lumpy, because it was not a pillow.
My 2 brothers threw out a cash register from 1932 that was from my dad's shop. When my dad closed his shop and my brother took over, my dad took the antique cash register to our house where it was locked in a shed in the back yard. In 2005 we inherit my grandfathers house and we renovate it and move into it. When we moved the moving company Mayflower, was supposed to send a second truck to pick up the stuff from the basement and shed. They never sent a truck. During the week my 2 brothers rented a small dump truck to clean out the rest of our old house and threw away my dad's antique cash register. My dad couldn't be with my older brothers that day and he was super pissed off about the whole thing up until the day he died.
Another story is from when we were cleaning out my grandfather's house. My grandfather ran a successful appliance store in town and had several sales awards from various companies. One of my older brothers, and his wife threw away one from Hoover. I wanted it and they told me It's going in the trash. This was the same brother who threw away the cash register. 20 years later I'm still pissed off at them
It’s quite colorful. How was the tree skirt packaged so that you thought it was an old pillow?
It was folded up in a pillow case that was similar material to a reusable grocery bag. I originally didn't see it had a zipper on it and the material was opaque enough that I didn't see any color through it. I didn't spend much time thinking about it as my girlfriend was excited about hanging up the Christmas tree decorations she sent alongside it. I don't have the pillow case anymore, that stayed at the landfill lol
Why on earth would you throw something that big away without looking at it?
"My grandma has sent me old duvet inserts as packing material before"
It's literally in the post
Sure, and Amazon has sent me lots of crumpled up paper and packaged air before. I still look at it before I throw it in the trash.
Sure, and with Amazon you know what you're expecting to get, so you know if you've taken it out the box or not.
When their gran has been using old bedding - that can't be opened - as packaging (at OP's request), then it makes sense they'd assume another piece of old bedding that (looks like it) can't be opened is the same as the many pieces of old bedding they'd received in the past
How did they know you threw it away?
Why was your mum crying before you even knew what it was. I’m so confused.
I unboxed the package with my girlfriend earlier in the week so my girlfriend knew I threw out the pillow. My mom and girlfriend were texting and making Christmas plans and it came up then. Hense why they both started freaking out at the same time. Figured that was unnecessary context for the story.
Ok thank you. It makes sense now.
Wow!!!! I am so glad you found it. You are a good grandson
Happy ending
As someone whose heirlooms from grandma stopped a long time ago, I felt that. And I’m so so glad you found it. The sanitation people are amazing!
From everyone else reading, big ups for turning your life around! Happy Holidays!
you went full indiana jones in a landfill for grandma’s 100-hour tree skirt and cried with garbage men when you found it 😭 lowkey the most wholesome tifu ever, grandma still thinks you’re a hero or did you confess the trash saga fr??
I sent her the second picture of it with the tree and thanked her for it. I haven't told her about the journey it went through yet lol. I'll probably tell her next time I call them.
Bro literally did a 100+ hour speedrun of ‘lose heirloom → unlock garbage dungeon → retrieve legendary loot.’ Absolute character arc.
Oh wow I'm so glad you were able to find it that's crazy. Most of the time these stories end bad. I'm glad you got it back OP
I'm so glad you found it! It's awesome that the workers were trying to help you. I recommended dropping off a tray of baked goods to thank them.
I’m not gonna lie, I was panicking with you in the first part. I’m so so glad you’ve found it tho!! That’s so amazingly awesome that it worked out. Congrats on getting your life together, and I hope you have a very merry Christmas in your new place 💚
Thanks! Merry Christmas to you as well 😊
That’s beautiful, I can definitely see how hard she worked on it!
I’m so happy you found it and a holiday tragedy was averted!
So beautiful! Totally worth digging in garbage.
I am so glad that it's back!!! You found it!!!
Dude, I’m so glad you found it. And so glad your life is in a place that you “deserve” it.
Enjoy your holiday 🎄
Would it have killed her to include a letter detailing what she included in the box along with the importance? Call me crazy, but if she's used scraps as packing material before and didn't bother clarifying this wasn't the case here, that's not on OP.
Man went from villain arc to redemption arc in one garbage truck.
how did you go from being addicted to weed to going to college to buying a house in 6 years? is this in the US? honestly the most unbelievable part of the story for me lol
I don't really want to get super into it, but I'm Canadian and I live in a smaller city in western Canada where the house prices are still somewhat reasonable. School is slightly cheaper here and my parents helped pay half my tuition so I managed to graduate debt free. And I got lucky and got a software development job right out of college, so I didn't need to do 2 more years in university.
ah that makes sense, congratulations. probably 50x harder to do in the US
Many first-world regions are still quite cheap if you stay away from the major cities. The smaller cities of Germany and Japan have a lot of good deals.
you're not honestly recommending someone to move to rural Japan are you? you must be joking. japan is going through a serious demographic problem in general, and I'm pretty sure in the rural areas people are leaving en masse for the big cities.
I'm glad you found it. I hope you look at your packages more carefully now.
Well lesson learned. Don't throw things out unless you know for sure that it's garbage.
This is beautiful, and such a display of the mutual love between you and your grandma. Both the hours and love she put in to make it, and the time and love you showed when you dug through literal garbage to find the gift. I hope in time you can forget the panic of losing it, and see only your granny’s love when you see the tree
Please don’t beat yourself up over this. You had no idea this tree skirt was in the package, but you found it, and it’s now in your home serving the purpose your grandma intended. Win win!
Had like 4 other city employees helping me look.
Wow... it's truly amazing just how nice some people can be. Gives us hope, all of us.
🙂❤️
Bruh, fr tho, that’s heartbreaking. Tossing out a family heirloom thinking it’s trash? That hits different. Makes u realize sometimes we’re careless with things that have mad sentimental value. Gotta slow down and pay more attention, yk? Family stuff ain’t replaceable.
You will never look at garbage the same way again. I’m sooo glad you found it! This has the makings of a Christmas movie ❤️
Dude, mention that it was 'almost' a TIFU in the title. Most of the posts here are kind of predictable, but this one just sounded probably and painful. I only opened it after a couple of passes out of morbid curioustity. I'm so glad I did.
Good job on retrieving the package, and fantastic job of posting a picture of the package and the tree!
So, actually the situation you rescued by taking responsibility and following through on something important to your extended relationships. That, my love, is a WIN.
I suppose there can’t be one serious conversation on here.
I'm so so happy you found it!!
It's not totally the same thing but I'll share my getting something out of the trash story.
My college dorm had a white glove cleaning policy at the end of the semester, before Christmas break and before summer break. Each of us in my suite were assigned a different area based on when we would be leaving (for example the last person to leave is responsible for the floors). Katherine was assigned the refrigerator, and she asked me to double check that all of my things were set aside so she could start cleaning it out. I said yes but I had forgotten that a different roommate had made rice in my favorite pot and then just left it in the fridge for like 3 weeks. Each of the bedrooms had its own trash bag with a letter written on it so the RA could fine you if you left your bag. So think 103A, 103B, 103C.
Anyway, shortly after she left I realized that my pot was missing. My fiance and two friends went out in the rain to hunt through a dumpster to find the trash bag with 103B written on it. They found it and I still have my favorite pot! If I hadn't already been engaged to him I would have wanted to marry him for that.
Hell yeah what a feel good post!
Congrats on actually tracking that thing down. I can't imagine the sense of relief that engulfed you when you did!
All is well now and you have a story and a half to tell about your own Christmas Miracle ❤️💚
The tree skirt is absolutely stunning!! Your grandma is so talented! Your tree is beautiful too! I’m so happy to hear that your story has a very happy ending, all around! That is amazing that you have turned your life around so much in the past 6 years. You made big changes and in such little time you bought a house! I’m so happy for you!! As for accidentally throwing the tree skirt away, and having to dig through all that garbage to find it….it kinda makes it all more special in a way. You will never forget this moment (not that you would forget about the tree skirt your grandma made and saved for you for years until it was the right time to give it to you) but you had to go through a lot of struggles and hard work to get to where you are now. And you went through a lot of struggles to find that tree skirt. I’m so happy you found it and it is in perfect condition still. Merry Christmas to you and your family!!
I love a happy ending. Now go see if you can find that lost hard drive with a billion dollars in Bitcoin on it in the UK.
That was a wild ride of emotions. I’m sorry he’s glad you found it.
Edit: oops. That came out all wrong. I’m so glad you found it.
ಠ_ಠ
Great story; I'm glad everything worked out for you!
You didn’t fuck up.
You made a miracle happen
Merry Christmas!
I was behind a truck that lost a tote out of the bed on a freeway overpass. I pulled over , grabbed it, and tried to catch the truck. No luck but when I got home a found a beautiful tree shirt with a $70 price tag still on it. I posted photos of the stuff on a found page but no response.
Wow, great work! Congratulations on creating a new family legend that will be retold for decades.
What a redemption arc though!
Whew, glad for the happy ending.
This is the most "all's well that ends well" story I've ever read. Glad it worked out, and finding the tree skirt is pretty swell, too!
Bruh, this hits different. Throwing away something so special just bc u thought it was trash? That’s rough. Family heirlooms ain’t just stuff, they’re memories & love hard at work. Next time, maybe double check before tossing something handmade? Hard lesson but gotta cherish that kind of stuff 🙌
Give yourself a break. You did everything possible to retrieve and found the heirloom! Now you have an extra story to tell about it, along with how much love went into your grandma making it. Congratulations on finding it!
“Hold off on dumping his load” I just can’t I’m sorry.
My closet is full…. Please take it.
Honestly, this isn’t a TIFU. This is a ‘TIFU but then completed a full Redemption Arc side quest.’ Grandma would be proud.
Wow, what a roller coaster
She will definitely laugh at this story one day.
I have too many.
https://preview.redd.it/7grthmgb9o6g1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca8c146fd955be093948369b0c925a0d6387345a
That’s just four or five….
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How’s this sweet satin memories quilt?
https://preview.redd.it/a6k2tw8p9o6g1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d4d9bc91df0fce1e3d2379c48d82ed5afd7c4da
Dalia Quilt.
https://preview.redd.it/njcruqnu9o6g1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d012f6bd692caf1d95da92d6ae5f8101f10572c
Crochet bed spread, queen.
https://preview.redd.it/wsy7vbiz9o6g1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35c8639a127f16a480b21c5bb97a400881371f64
A Drunkards Path
So there you go just a few….
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Cabinet full covered up.
This was an r/unexpectedwhirlwindofemotion
I'm so happy for you! And proud of you! Congratulations on turning yourself around!
Heirloom improved with story for future heirs.
Damn, Grandma sends you something obviously handmade and you just toss it immediately? Oof.
Did you actually read the post?
I would hope you tipped the sanitation workers who took their time to help solve the problem of your stupidity.
Building karma
On the bright side, you now have a funny story to attach to that wonderful gift. I promise you’ll tell this story your kids many times at Christmas as you setup your tree.