I love the simplicity of this one, of thinking about why we keep things. When we packed up my mom’s house for her move to a small apartment, I found an ice cream scoop she still had from when I was a kid. Of course I stole it from her. :) It was a distinct looking scoop stamped with the brand name of a local (to Minneapolis) ice cream shop, and seeing it reminded me of Home.
Wow, does this "keeping" post resonate! For me, pondering (and writing) about this will be a dig-deeply-inside-heart-and-mind exercise: a good one, a needed one. Thanks, Julie, and may the packing be life-giving in its own way.
I love this prompt. I wear my mother’s bathrobes, one pretty tattered. These robes wrap me in beautiful memories of her when she wore them. She loved bathrobes. I have four of hers, winter, spring and summer. She died 16 years ago. Best wishes with packing and moving.
Thanks Mary. I aspire to a certain undefined kind of minimalism, but I'm not there yet. Everything is a possible writing prompt, which complicates the impulse....!
When Jim and I set up our home together - well, it was already his home - he owned 46 towels! Forty-six towels, in a household of ONE person. We donated most of them to an animal shelter in an effort to streamline.
I keep far too many things. 'I might need it.' 'I grew up with it.' 'I'd miss it.' 'I wanna keeeeeeep it.....'. Sigh!
I love the simplicity of this one, of thinking about why we keep things. When we packed up my mom’s house for her move to a small apartment, I found an ice cream scoop she still had from when I was a kid. Of course I stole it from her. :) It was a distinct looking scoop stamped with the brand name of a local (to Minneapolis) ice cream shop, and seeing it reminded me of Home.
I have one fork from the set we grew up with. I love it! Hope you get some good ice cream scooping and remembering this summer.
Wow, does this "keeping" post resonate! For me, pondering (and writing) about this will be a dig-deeply-inside-heart-and-mind exercise: a good one, a needed one. Thanks, Julie, and may the packing be life-giving in its own way.
Thanks SarahLee. I like the idea of the packing being life-giving. I'll work on that!
I love this prompt. I wear my mother’s bathrobes, one pretty tattered. These robes wrap me in beautiful memories of her when she wore them. She loved bathrobes. I have four of hers, winter, spring and summer. She died 16 years ago. Best wishes with packing and moving.
I don’t own a bathrobe of my own. 😂
I love this, Alice. Such a comforting item to keep and enjoy!
This is such a good prompt! For me I have letters that were sent to me over the years. Boxes of them!
Yes! Those handwritten things are hard to let go of, aren't they? Some get more and more valuable as time goes on.
Hugs to you for where you are and for all of this- love the yoga mat musings and the beauty in what we keep
I am no minimalist though I admire folks that are- so often I feel the pressure to purge- a beautiful reminder to look at what we hold onto and why
Thanks Mary. I aspire to a certain undefined kind of minimalism, but I'm not there yet. Everything is a possible writing prompt, which complicates the impulse....!
Such a thought-provoking post, Julie!
When Jim and I set up our home together - well, it was already his home - he owned 46 towels! Forty-six towels, in a household of ONE person. We donated most of them to an animal shelter in an effort to streamline.
I keep far too many things. 'I might need it.' 'I grew up with it.' 'I'd miss it.' 'I wanna keeeeeeep it.....'. Sigh!