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第61章祖母的瓷器
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Grandmother'sa
克里斯蒂娜·朗德奎斯特KristineLundquist
In1949myparehebigmovefromRockford，Illinois，toSouthernia，alongwiththreeverytinyandalltheirhouseholdpossessions.Mymotherhadcarefullyaypreilyheirlooms，ingfourother’shand-painteddinnera.Grandmotherhadpaihislovelysetherself，gafet-me-notpattern.
Uhinghappenedduringthemove.Ohe’tmakeit.Itneverarrivedatournewhouse.Somymotherhadoersoftheset—shehadplatesofdifferentsizesandspieces，butmissihedsaudthebowls.OftenatfamilygatheringsorouldallsitdownforaThanksgivingorChristmasdiherwouldsaysomethingaboutthemissingdhowshewishedithadsurvivedthetrip.
&herdiedin1983，IiedGrandmother’sa.I，too，usedthesetonmanyspecialos，andI，too，wohadhappehemissingbox.
Ilovetoprowlantiqueshopsas，huntingfortreasures.It’sgreatfuntoanddowntheaislesearlyinthem，watgastheveheirwaresontheground.
Ihadoafleamarketinoverayearwhen，oneSundayin1993，Igottheitchtogo.SoIcrawledoutofbedat5a.anddroveanhourinthepredawhegiantRoseBoasadena.Ianddowdooraisles，andafteracoupleofhoursIwasthinkingaboutleaving.IroudtookafewstepsdohenInotieastrewnonthemacadaIsawthatitainteda...withfet-me-nots！
Iracedovertolookatitmoredgingerlypickedupadsaue-lylikeGrandmother’sa，withthesamedelicatestrokesahingoldbandsaroundtherims.Ilookedattherestoftheitems—therewerethecups！
Thesaucers！
Thebowls！
ItwasGrandmother’sa！
Thedealerhadnoticedmyext，andwheoldherthestoryofthemissingbox.ShesaidtheahadaesaleiheownoverfromArcadia，wherewehadlivedwhenIwasachild.Whenshewasghthetsoftheestate，shehadfoundanolduohegardeheawasiiothedtheysaidthattheykhingaboutit，thattheboxhadbeenintheshed“forever.”
&heRoseBowlFleaMarketthatdayladenwithmyamazingtreasure.Evennow，sixyearslater，Iamfilledwithwo“allthepietheuumbledtogethertoletmefindthemissinga.WhatenedifIhadsleptin？WhatgavemetheitchtogototheRoseBoarticularday？WhatifIhadlaster，gioleaveamyagfeet？
LastweekIhadadiyforfifteenfriends.WeusedGrandmother’sdattheendofthemeal，Iproudlyservedthosebeautifuldsaucersthathadbeenmissingf.
1949年，父母带着我们3个年幼的孩子，从伊利诺伊州的罗克福德搬到了很远的加州南部。
母亲把许多珍贵的传家之物小心翼翼地包裹起来，其中包括祖母留下来的4箱手绘瓷器餐具。
祖母选用了“勿忘我”
的图案，并亲手绘制在了这些瓷器上。
遗憾的是，在搬家的时候发生了一些意外，其中一箱瓷器没能运到新家，此后也没有再找到。
因此，母亲失去了那些茶杯、茶托和碗，只剩下3箱大小不一的盘子和一些其他小餐具。
在家庭聚会、感恩节或圣诞节大餐时，母亲就会怀念起丢失的瓷器，并说她多么希望那箱瓷器能够在搬运时平安到达。
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