When my dad "Pop" visited last he brought my hope chest I had stored at his house. I finally got it all cleaned up and put it in Charley's room. My grandfather started building this for me but passed away before he was finished. He had built all of the girls in my family a hope chest. So when he passed away and I didn't have mine I just assumed I was never going to get one. Which was ok I completely understood. I honestly didn't give it much thought. A few years later on Thanksgiving my family s

My childhood hope chest got a complete makeover! This lane chest was given to me by my dad when I was probably nine or ten years old. I had it with me until I moved away when I was about 18 and I haven’t seen it since. I won’t do the math, but it’s been a very long time since I’ve seen it. Close to 35 years! After my dad passed recently, it was time to pick this up and give it a makeover so that I could find a place for it in my home. I always knew I wanted to keep it, but I just never had the p