The adage “If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was truly meant to be yours” is true — and I have definitive proof!
You may recall my 1930s ladies writing desk from My Favorite Vintage Things series. Sadly, I had to sell the antique desk during the preparation for the move to Hawaii, as there was no economical way to ship this incredibly heavy wooden desk to the islands.
Imagine my surprise and utter elation, then, when I returned to San Diego — and my husband found the desk again! Indeed, the lady to whom I had sold the desk was herself moving and had the desk listed for sale on Craigslist. When we went to her home to pick up my desk, it was like all the stars cosmically aligned and all in the world was right (save the recession, disease, and global warming, that is).
Doesn’t my desk look happy to be back with me in my new home? This MY desk — I had set it free, but it was truly meant to be mine!