Yep...got the freezer. It had a lot of food in it! (Some of it several years old!)
Alas, the chest was empty. I used to spend hours going through all that stuff...facinating stuff from long ago...it's why Grandma gave it to me...I enjoyed it so.
I got up at 3am this morning and sat and looked at it and cried.
Now you don't have to cry anymore cause you HAVE it!! All the other things were just stuff, albeit of sentimental value, but this is SOLID!
It's sad that the things are gone...but now you have the chance to start adding new things to it, for your own kids and grandkids!
Can't you just picture it in a bedroom at your farmhouse, where people can go through it when they visit...spread the contents out on the bed and look at them? It's lost part of it's past, but you can sure give it a future!