I'm such a horder! I can't bear to throw away sentimental stuff like cards, photos and letters. I even have bus tickets from 1982. While I was sorting through all my junk, I found old diaries, photos, love letters etc......it brought back a lot of memories and laughs. The "Autograph Book" I had from Primary 6 was a laugh! Also, it was so funny to read all my angst-ridden teenage diaries again.
Mummy & Me
One of my most treasured possessions from my childhood are letters from the Tooth Fairy (aka my Mum. But of course but I didn't know it at the time!). Reading them always makes me cry. It reminds me of all the love, hope and dreams she has for me.
The old love letters....well, they're something else altogether. They serve as postcards to myself from another time, making me realise how I've grown emotionally over the years. Honestly, I wouldn't have been ready for JF if we met years ago. It's like in pottery, when you shape and mould the clay, you even out the lumps, cut off & throw away the scraps, sculpt until U finally get something you're pretty happy with. Next you fire it to make it strong. To quote John Mayer on his "Love Song For No One", "This is a song about talking to the person you haven't even met yet. Maybe they're rollin around in the hay with someone else, but they're not as good as you'll be. You just gotta wait your turn. He's out there, She's out there, they're just learning what to contrast you against."
Tonight we leave for France, and altho I'm down with flu, combined with sneezing fits due to all the dust from packing, I'M SO EXCITED TO SHOW MY PARENTS & WEE KEONG France! WOOHOO! :) We're doing a 3 week long road trip covering Paris, Burgundy, Lyon, Provence - Avignon & Aix - Lourdes, Brive, Bordeaux & Angouleme.
I want to show my Dad all the hundreds of different types of smelly cheeses and make his head spin with gorgeous wines and rock bottom prices (compared to Singapore, wine in France is cheap cheap cheap). I want to let my Mum eat all the nutty chocolates and different jams, fruits and breads. I want Wee Keong to stuff himself silly on macaroons and shout with joy at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
For me, I can't wait to see JF again cos he's been gone a week and I miss him. Going back to Lourdes and Provence will bring back so many memories for me...but this time with JF, we'll create new ones :)
1 comment:
Why would you get rid of cards, photos and letters? Now a collection of old computers, or undefined components, or food you'll never eat: those you can easily get rid of. Keeping the other stuff, that isn't hoarding (or hording, I can see the Orcs guarding the stuff already, and the trolls with their irritating fake Jamaican accents) that is treasuring. You could scan them of course (I still wonder if there is a market for that combined scanner/shredder idea of mine) but it would no longer be the same.
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