Sisters...

I think around the time I got married, I gave my sister the collectible plate pictured above [artist Chantal Poulin]. And soon after, she gave the same one to me. Don't get me wrong, Carla and I aren't exactly your "collectible plate kinda people" but this one we both admired. Pretty. Sisters. And the phrase reads "Sisters are blossoms in the garden of life."

A while after, we found out that Chantal Poulin was going to be in Guelph, so we actually brought our plates to the store where she would be signing her works, and left them there to be autographed on the back. I really don't remember what we paid for them - perhaps around $30? And I have no idea how much value was added with her signature. But I see from her website that to purchase the plate new, now that it is retired, would cost nearly $100!! I really had no idea that it could be worth that much... and probably wouldn't have even thought to check except...

The plate has been hanging in my bathroom... Getting out of the shower the other night I must have hit the plate with my towel... It hit the floor and smashed - some of the pieces landed inside my bathtub on the other side of the [small] bathroom... I'm glad I wasn't injured... But GRRRRRRR! I don't have too many sentimental items. I guess I now have one less!

But at least I still have my sister! That's what really matters!