Today was uneventful, so I did a lot of cleaning, and with cleaning comes finding things you might have forgotten about, and with finding forgotten items comes thinking of perhaps almost forgotten times. And looking around my room at my many treasures and possessions, I realized that so many of them have a memory, event, or person to go with them.

A Mountain Dew collector’s bottle from a theme park adventure with a best friend.
A graduation cap, Prom Court sash, and a Homecoming Court sash from a high school full of memories.
An English Guardsman teddy bear from a visit from a British friend.
An Audrey Hepburn portrait from my brother and his wife.
A framed picture of best friends from a past birthday.
A dream catcher from a past relationship.
Various projects from an exciting art class.
Tiny treasures and inside jokes from a favorite cousin.
A framed poster from one of the numerous times seeing one of my favorite bands.
A Winnie the Pooh bear who has been with me longer than all of those things.

Yes, to some extent I am a packrat, but often times I can’t allow myself to get rid of things that in a way share a part of me. A part of my life that is nice to look back to and realize how blessed I am and remember the people and events that have shared a small and sometimes big part in making me who I am today. So, thanks for the memories.

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Just a few of my sentimental treasures