Other Family Members Hide Things, Too!

I mentioned in yesterday's blog that hiding things is a family trait. When my dad died nearly thirty years ago, Mom got into the habit of hiding things, since she was left alone in a big house and concerned about her safety. She kept the alarm system on, and if traveling, she would hide stuff, knowing that when she returned, she would remember where she hid the item. I think my favorite story was her hiding her sterling silver knives. Now, why she hid the knives and not the rest of the set, I cannot account. Once they had been hidden, and she returned from her travels, she could not remember where she had hidden her knives. When we would visit, we were enlisted in the effort to find the disappeared knives. For several years the knives resisted one and all efforts to locate them. We checked closets, boots, drawers, chests, under the bed, and many other favorite hiding places but with no luck. Finally, we decided that she must have hidden them in her basement, which was full of a lifetime of collecting. This proved too daunting for all of us. The good news is that one day she was checking again the closet located under the stairs and on the back of the top shelf found her missing knives. Imagine her delight, and as she spread the news, the relief we all felt! The sterling silver knives had been found! Lately, I learned that they had been hidden again. I can only hope that when we look on the top shelf in the closet under the stairs that the knives have been placed there again, or, the hunt will be on.