Tradition

So, we have this enormous, antique cash register in our apartment. It's a fantastic conversation piece, but let's be honest - a bit of an albatross in a small apartment where every piece of furniture has to serve a dual purpose to justify itself. Including the cash register in the apartment redesign has been a real challenge. Here's why we insist on doing it.

c. 1954

This is Brian's mom, Lois, sitting at the cash register when it resided on the counter in her father Joe's Army Navy Store. Unfortunately, Lois passed away in 2005, and Ellie, Baby Boy, Leila (Ellie's cousin) and any other future babies won't get to know their remarkable grandmother. Links to the past can be tenuous, and Brian and I treasure having the cash register, and especially this picture, in our home.

To keep the tradition going, we staged a little photo shoot yesterday morning. I love the idea of someday Ellie's baby posing with the cash register, a picture of her mom and her great-grandmother on the shelf.