My neighbor asked me to watch his house while he went on vacation to Ireland. I said yes, of course, and kept an eye on things. When he returned he presented me with a wrapped gift for house sitting.
My grandfather is from County Cork, Ireland. When I was young he brought me back pieces of a Tara China tea set. I had all the pieces of the set except, for some reason, the teapot, so it was never really displayed.
When I opened my house sitting gift, I gasped! It was the teapot! I asked him how he could have known…he replied, known what?
I explained about my tea set. He was as surprised as I was. He said, “The china has your name on it and when I looked at that teapot I just knew it was the right thing to get”.
Divine intervention? I believe so!
(Close up of the Tara crest...)
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17 comments:
That is so awesome! It's so reaffirning when things like that happen . Your set is just lovely!
What a beautiful gift! This was definitely meant to be! What a wonderful story :)
Amy
wow! that is so great! it was meant to be!
beautiful set.
jessi
What a fantastic gift! Divine direction to be sure :-)
Have the Best of Days........Rosie
Serendipity!
Hi Tara,
It is amazing how things workout sometimes, isn't it? I like the idea of two matching pieces instead of one huge one.. lovely!
Hugs,
Abbie
how cool!
What a cool and amazing story! A gorgeous gift and certainly it was meant for you:>)
How spooky is that.
Alison
what a wonderful story. Of course everyone knows that the Irish are magical.
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L
What a wonderful story!! It was serendipity!
Penny
Another amazing story! You should write a book! BTW, thanks so much for adding My Designing Life to your blog roll! Very sweet of you.
See you soon.
Gorgeous porcelain!
Sandra Evertson
Oh my goodness, that's amazing! My mum's side of the family are from County Cork, Ireland too! What a small world! Are your family red heads too?
Amanda (aka Cottage Contessa)
Stunning! A beautiful story, too. :)
xoxo,
Mary
That is SO neat!
Wow, What a great design teaset! Such a great coincidence.
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