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<p>[QUOTE="Julie Gibson, post: 9823175, member: 87340"]It is remarkable that you were able to recognize this! Thank you! Now that I am mulling this over in my head, there may be an obvious reason for it being in the stand. My Dad took his Boy Scout Jamboree scarf with him everywhere he went. Since he was a kid. Never went on a trip without it. Dad worked with humanitarian medical teams as a responder to disasters worldwide. He went to Ethiopia in the 80s to help during the famine, to New Orleans after Katrina, and to Haiti after the terrible earthquake, just to name a few. Many people insisted on expressing gratitude to the teams, even though it was volunteer work. Dad always accepted these gifts gracefully and treasured them. He might have tucked the pendant away in his scarf, and it could have fallen out and behind the drawer after his last trip. </p><p><br /></p><p>The other, less-palatable answer that would also make sense is it could have belonged to the woman he had an affair with for many years. If that were the case, he would have hidden it from my mother. </p><p><br /></p><p>But what about the BABY? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Julie Gibson, post: 9823175, member: 87340"]It is remarkable that you were able to recognize this! Thank you! Now that I am mulling this over in my head, there may be an obvious reason for it being in the stand. My Dad took his Boy Scout Jamboree scarf with him everywhere he went. Since he was a kid. Never went on a trip without it. Dad worked with humanitarian medical teams as a responder to disasters worldwide. He went to Ethiopia in the 80s to help during the famine, to New Orleans after Katrina, and to Haiti after the terrible earthquake, just to name a few. Many people insisted on expressing gratitude to the teams, even though it was volunteer work. Dad always accepted these gifts gracefully and treasured them. He might have tucked the pendant away in his scarf, and it could have fallen out and behind the drawer after his last trip. The other, less-palatable answer that would also make sense is it could have belonged to the woman he had an affair with for many years. If that were the case, he would have hidden it from my mother. But what about the BABY? :)[/QUOTE]
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