For my third post on heirlooms, I will tell you about a special handkerchief.
This handkerchief belonged to my maternal great-great-grandmother, Bertha Kitch, who was my grandfather Nolan B. Blair's grandmother. It was made by one of her daughters, although we do not know which one. :)
On her wedding day, my maternal grandmother, Carol Lee Blair (nee Clark) carried the handkerchief along with a small white Bible and her bouquet as she walked down the aisle.
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| My grandparents Nolan and Carol Lee Blair on their wedding day, July 23, 1954. |
Thirty-five years later, my mother was planning to also carry the handkerchief on her wedding day, when her florist recommended that she turn the handkerchief into a rose.
And so it was; my mother held her wedding bouquet with the handkerchief rose embedded amongst the other flowers.
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| My parents on their wedding day, June 24, 1989 |
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| The top of the handkerchief rose. |
And so, to continue the tradition, I hope this handkerchief rose will make it down the aisle once more, as I, God willing, carry it on my wedding day.
Love,
Ava Katherine<3
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