Why woman who bought $5 old quilt worth thousands more gave it away

tabby · Post by **tabby** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 11:22 am

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/ ... d_qui.html

Great story! The quilt has been returned "home" where it belongs. How many of us would have made that same choice?

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:51 pm

tabby;1373859 wrote: Why woman who bought $5 old quilt worth thousands more gave it away | MLive.com

Great story! The quilt has been returned "home" where it belongs. How many of us would have made that same choice?

So why did it take her forty years?

Respect indeed

tabby · Post by **tabby** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:20 pm

Good point! My first guess is that in the 40 years in between the time she purchased it and the time she donated it, she probably changed immensely in her thinking as most people do. Ultimately she made a good decision, albeit a little slow!

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:41 pm

tabby;1373907 wrote: Good point! My first guess is that in the 40 years in between the time she purchased it and the time she donated it, she probably changed immensely in her thinking as most people do. Ultimately she made a good decision, albeit a little slow!

Plus she didn't have the internet to search out the legible names to make the connections - she did well (or is that she done good, I can never tell).