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   This story is a reprint from 2003:   
      
   The Jar It's sad, but this is not all that uncommon. After your read the story   
   post your ideas to the online bulletin board at: http://www.auct   
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   Once a week I treat myself to a trip to the Goodwill store in my hometown   
   after work.  Some weeks are better than others, you never know what you will   
   find.  One particular day, I came across a beautiful apothecary-type jar,   
   ivory in color with gold-gilt leaves around it.  I'm not a big fan of   
   glassware, mostly because it is more of a hassle to store and pack when sold.    
   I went past the jar, then went back to it.  No, keep moving I told myself.   
   Before I checked out, I returned to the aisle the jar was in. For some reason   
   I decided to buy it.  When I got home, I put the jar on my entertainment   
   center where it has caught the attention of everyone who stops by.  I had   
   tried a few times to open the jar, but it would not budge.   
      
   A girlfriend stopped by one night, and she tried to open the jar for me.    
   Suddenly, she had a ghastlyook on her face.  She shook the jar and said "I   
   think you are sporting somebody's Grama on your entertainment center!" The jar   
   is a cremation urn!!  My family is really creeped out by it, but what bothers   
   me is how it ended up at a thrift store!  I feel a tie to this jar, just   
   because I think nobody should be forgotten.  It will have a place in my home   
   for as long as I live!!  (Much to the dismay of my husband & kids).  What   
   would you do?  Bonny P.   
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