the same

grandpa, a skilled carpenter, custom-built the shed

The nativity I studied and loved as a child at my grandparents' house is now on 

display here at my house.

As a child, I thought the paint colors were the most beautiful thing ever,

and I loved that the figures looked old.

They must have been very old, I reasoned, if they belonged to my grandparents!

The set, which I inherited several years back, didn't make the trip to Zambia,

but it was waiting for me here when I returned. 

Just the same as I remembered.