from one kid to the next

ah, a sleeping child.

The bed frame that Keira is sleeping on used to be mine when I was a kid.  My brother had a matching one, and if stacked on top of each other, would be bunkbeds.

I still remember the time my brother and I were bunking together, with me on the top bunk, and a pillow fell on top of a lamp below.  I can still see the round burn mark on the pillowcase, all because I didn't see the rush in picking it up.  oops.

I can still picture the Disneyland bumper sticker that used to adorn the footboard and my dad removed when I went to college.  You can't, after all, be taken seriously in college with Mickey on your bed.

I've slept on this bed for as long as I can remember, and it followed me to my first college apartment and then pharmacy school.  It consists of just 7 pieces (two side rails, the headboard and footboard and 3 wood planks that hold up the mattress) and requires absolutely no screws to assemble.  It's so easy to put together that one person can do it.  I think it came from Scandanavian Designs, a furniture store that made really good quality furniture and my parents were fans of.

A piece of my own childhood is now a part of Keira's.  Nice.

Comments

[Ken]

Family heirloom in the making!

[mariagrace]

Awww. Sweet story. :) My dad built me a bed frame and I used it in college. It'll pass on to my kid, too.