She looked at the return address on the package and knew immediately what it was. The family heirloom had been passed down to the oldest daughter when she gave birth to her first daughter. It had not been used in many, many years but there was something special about having that little bit of family history.
Placing it on the table, she opened the box and carefully took out the packing paper that surrounded the treasure sent to her by her grandmother who had raised her. There amidst the paper and bubble wrap laid an antique silver vanity set. The silver had long since tarnished and the mirror was cracked, but to her it was still beautiful.
Carefully lifting the mirror, she allowed her finger to trace the large, elegant C engraved on the back. The set had first belonged to her great-great-great-grandmother Cosette, given to her by her parents before she married a simple farmer named Pierre. Since then it had been passed from oldest daughter to oldest daughter all who, with the exception of Cosette's daughter, had names that started with the letter C.
As she placed it in the clear box on the mantle where she planned to showcase the set, she suddenly looked forward to the day when she could tell her newborn daughter Carys the story of this precious set.