My Grandma's Pie Safe

I remember when I was 5 or 6 years old. We lived so near my Grandma and Grandpa Phillips that Mama would let me walk through a neighbors yard and to my grandparents' house by myself. They lived just down the hill. She’d call Grandma to let her know I was coming, and I’m certain she watched to make sure I’d gotten there. I loved to go in my Grandma’s kitchen and look into her green pie safe. The top half had glass inserts in the doors with red designs around the edges of the glass. There were nearly always soft, chewy, sugar cookies on the bottom right shelf. I’d stand there and look in at them until Grandma would offer me one. I was just the right height to look directly at those cookies. She had molasses cookies too, but I’d only take one of those if the sugar cookies were gone. The pie safe was passed on to my Mama who painted it country blue, and now I have it. It’s still blue, and holds games and books now, but when I see it I always remember my Grandma Phillips giving me cookies. by Marty