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Something to Remember Me By Legacy Project
2003 Mother's Day
Keepsake Story Contest
Grand Prize Winner
GRAND PRIZE:
New Lane Something to Remember Me By
Cedar Chest -- with a houseful of Lane furniture
to go with it! $15,000 retail value!
The NEW Lane Something to Remember Me By Cedar Chest
is a gracious, heirloom-quality chest inspired by the
cedar chest in Susan V. Bosak's heartwarming bestseller
Something to Remember Me By.
With its two-toned coloring, this chest adds an
elegant touch to your bedroom or is an eye-catching accent
anywhere in your home. A keepsake itself, a Lane Cedar Chest
is a special place to preserve and protect your most cherished
keepsakes and valuables. It is also a meaningful, affordable gift
for any occasion. Passed from generation to generation,
a Lane Cedar Chest is the heart of your home.
The Grand Prize winner will also choose from a complete selection
of fine Lane furniture -- for bedroom, dining room, living room,
every room in your home. A $15,000 retail value!
To see all the available styles, visit www.lanefurniture.com
The Grand Prize winner also receives a gold-framed,
matted keepsake award certificate from Intercraft
and a specially autographed copy of
Something to Remember Me By,
a great gift book about love and legacies for
children, grandchildren, parents, and grandparents --
and the book that inspired the national Legacy Project
Winners also receive a one year subscription to Reminisce.
Reminisce (a Reader's Digest publication) is the country's most
popular nostalgia magazine -- it "brings back the good times."
The true-life stories are written by the readers,
not professional writers, which makes this magazine unique.
Heartfelt memories and stories provoke smiles, laughter, and the
occasional tear. The pages of Reminisce are also packed with
fascinating vintage photos supplied by readers who hunt through
albums and attics to share these precious gems from the past.
Readers say that sitting down with an issue of Reminisce
is like chatting with friends over a cup of coffee.
The ad-free magazine also offers schools a valuable way
to bring history alive for students with
personal reminiscences and real-life photographs.
For sample articles and subscription information,
visit www.reminisce.com or call 1-800-344-6913
And the Grand Prize Winner is...
Dexter J. Sidney
Mr. Sidney lives in North Bethesda, MD.
He is a 60-year-old father and grandfather.
His wife, Karen Renee, encouraged him to
enter the contest after seeing
an article in Reminisce magazine.
Says Mr. Sidney,
"My Irish mother died 34 years ago in 1969
at the young age of 59, shortly after
I returned home from Vietnam and entered college.
To revive the memory of her by writing the story
was a pleasant experience."
The photo below shows Mr. Sidney
on Father's Day, 2003, with his first grandson,
Andrew Laska. Grandpa plans to make sure that
Andrew learns about his great-grandma's legacy.
Congratulations Mr. Sidney!
Mr. Sidney's winning entry:
Cleaning my attic recently, I came upon the old olive drab footlocker issued to me as a young enlistee in the US Marine Corps in 1961. I sat down and sifted through pictures, badges, rounds of ammo, maps and other military paraphernalia from Vietnam, much of which had been long forgotten. Never forgotten was a precious keepsake which I had carried with me constantly during my five-year enlistment. This simple gift from my mother had been an amazing source of strength to me.
Dad had been confined to a sanitarium shortly after I was born in 1943, and I was 15 when he died of complications of tuberculosis. Mom had raised me by herself. We had nothing, but thanks to Mom's dedication and ingenuity, I have wonderful memories of my childhood.
As a teenager, I had rebelled mildly from time to time against Mom's restrictions -- curfew, homework before play, chores, etc. She held her own during our good-natured debates, but I often accused her of "keeping me tied to her apron strings."
I think I broke Mom's heart when I enlisted shortly after high school graduation. Our tight finances simply would not cover college, and I figured I could serve and enroll in college using the GI Bill.
It wasn't until hours after I had said goodbye to Mom at the train station that I found the envelope she had put in my duffle bag. I read her letter of love and support, fighting back tears. But it was the remaining contents of the envelope that told me how much she loved me: folded inside were the ties snipped from her favorite yellow apron!
Click here to read the other Winners
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