A Change of Lighting & A Smart Mother

My husband has always accused me of being

"non-committal"

when it comes to lighting.

He's right, of course,

but it would be so much easier to suffer from

 this affliction had I married an electrician!

 

Funny story.

 

Thirteen years ago when we moved into this old house, 

there was a light hanging in the front entryway.  

It was a lantern-style light,

one that I found ugly with a capital U. 

 

I can remember the day clearly.

It was the year 2000. 

 The electrician was here and while taking down the lantern,

 he asked me if I was sure that I wanted to change it.  

He said,  "a lot of people like this old lighting nowadays."

 

I assured him that I absolutely detested that lantern and  

asked him to hang this "oh so lovely" fixture you see below.

After more than a decade had passed, I started

to realize that that "oh so lovely" light was not right for this house, at all. 

 I wondered what ever made me select that light to begin with.

Of course, I didn't want to mention this quite yet

to the husband, lest I have to hear the "non committal" accusation!

  

This past Summer, while cleaning out my Mom's attic,

 I stood, puzzled, looking into a box. 

For in this box, was a lighting fixture...one that looked awfully familiar.

 

Yes, apparently back in 2000,  my Mother

had taken our old lighting fixture home with her

because she liked it and thought I might want it back someday.

 

Do we even need to talk about my amazing clairvoyant mother? 

So just before Christmas, we called the electrician... 

a different electrician than the one in 2000.

Good thing too, because can you imagine what

the other one would think if I asked him to

hang the same light he took down 13 years ago?  

 

 

Ahh, so much better!

The old light is back at home,

just where it belongs.

 

It even looks pretty when it's lit, too.  

 

I gotta hand it to that Mother of mine.

Who knew she was so smart?