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My Granny's Spoon Collection
A spoon for a place, that is what we say. Everyone that goes somewhere comes back with a spoon. This may sounds a little weird, but there’s a reason for this. My grandmother’s spoon collection, that is. She has spoons from all around the world, and there’s no room for one more. Spoons over here, spoons over there, you will never stop watching them. It is already a habit to bring a spoon for the granny as a souvenir. She already knows what her present will be, but she is always excited to have it. Whether it is a relative or a friend her souvenir is always the same. My sister and I are the only grand daughters so she always tries to make us like her collection and soon make our own. She got the idea from her mother who used to collect also spoons and teacups. I remember one day we were with her and she asked us to help her organize all of her spoons. We put some on a board covered with a dark green fabric and then place the whole thing inside a wooden and glass table. It was fun and quite impressive to watch the whole thing and classifying them depending on their size and origin. We count how many she had and we calculate there were two hundred and ninety one. Some places she had many, some places she had none but I am sure they all had different form. Not all have been given she herself had bought some others, but everyone has a meaning and none is forgotten. The ones that she has bought she has stories, she always recall them and tell them with no worries. I always think that it is good to have collections; it is a hobby you have that brings you memories. When I grow up I want to be like my grand mother, that something so simple could keep her excited and with no bother. So that is the reason why every time I see a spoon I automatically think on my granny who loves to have all shapes and forms of this specific cutlery.
Cristy Bremer
