Loss of a Hat...

Brian has had a certain hat for several years. It is an old, red baseball cap that he wears to work every day. Or at least he did. Even before his mission, Mom and I have been trying to get him to throw it away. It was dirty, falling apart and it was ready to be retired in our opinion. When he went on his mission, My mom threatened to throw it away while he was gone, but she never did. It hung on his bedpost for two years waiting faithfully until he returned and started to wear it to work again. We still tried to get him to replace it and throw it away with no luck. I don't know if he didn't want to break in a new one, didn't want to go shopping for a new one or what.








As you can see, It's really dirty the fabric is no longer on the button on the top, and the fabric is peeling off of the brim.
A couple months ago, I cooked dinner at Mom's house and invited some friends over. Brian invited over one of his friends from work (the boss's daughter and the secretary). As she was leaving she and I were joking about stealing Brian's hat and throwing it away. Well She took matters into her own hands and devised a plan to get her hands on Brian's old ratty hat. With the help of a unnamed co-worker, the hat was stolen and deposited into Stacie's possession. Brian knew that they had it, but thought he would eventually get it back. Well he did...

"Brian's Hat May it Rest In Peace"
"All Good Things Must Come To an End! --Stacie--"

...he just couldn't wear it anymore. That's right folks, She burned the hat, and placed the ashes in this little "Urn"! When I heard this story I laughed SO hard! I and the rest of my family thought it was sooo funny. I even think Brian thought it was funny. However when her parents heard about it, they were mortified. They told her how she couldn't do things like that and she just told them "Yes I can."
She did replace the old hat with a couple of new ones so Brian won't be going hat-less. I just cannot get over how creative and funny this girl is. Brian might have been a little madder if she had just burned it, but the fact that she took the time to save the ashes and put them in a memorial Urn makes it worth the loss.