FROM OLD TO NEW LIFE

I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS ON GIVING A NEW LIFE TO A PAIR OF OLD DRESSER DRAWERS THAT MY BROTHERS USE TO HAVE IN THEIR  ROOM SOME 55 YEARS AGO.  THEY SERVED THEM WELL FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS AND THEN MY CHILDREN AQUIRED THEM FOR MANY YEARS.  BELIEVING IN  RECYCLE THEY MOVED ON TO GRANDCHILDREN SOME 15 YEARS AGO AND THEN THE TWINS  USED THEM FOR A FEW YEARS.  SO AS YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE HISTORY.  WELL,  I WAS NOT READY TO PUT THEM INTO RETIREMENT WITHOUT A FIGHT SO I  SANDED THEM DOWN , GAVE THEM A LOVELY NEW COAT OF STAIN AND A COAT OF VARNISH.  NOT  STOPING THERE I POLISHED THE HARDWARE AND REPLACED THE MISSING HANDLE AND  THIS IS THE FINAL  CHAPTER IN THEIR LIVES.  THEY WILL RETIRE ALONG WITH  US TO OUR  HOME IN FLORIDA  A SIDE TABLES IN OUR BEDROOM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THERE LIVES.( UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE SEES A FLICKER OF LIFE IN THEM IN  THE NEXT 15 YEARS AND REVIVES THEM AGAIN,  POOR THINGS,  THEY MAY NEVER  FAD FROM USE).  THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THE GOOD OLD, WELL BUILD FURNITURE FROM THE  50'S.