This Chief has been with my Grammy for years.  I remember when she lived in Altoona it always sat guard by the front door.  When Grammy moved in with my parents the Chief sat on the floor in front of her table.  Grammy and I would always greet the Chief when we entered the room and then laugh because we were talking to a statue.

Grammy got the Chief from Gordon, my grandfather on one of her birthdays.  The morning of her birthday he asked what she wanted and she said she had something in mind…she has told me this story so many times….”so we got in the car and drove up that little mountain and picked him up”.

I lived with roommates for years and when I got my first solo apartment Grammy insisted that I take the Chief for company.  😉  I still greet him from time to time and laugh because I am talking to a statue.  It’s the little things in life that bring us joy!