Baby rattles are not practical for someone who doesn’t have a baby and is half as old as they are, if not more. Yet, when I saw them, I wanted them. “I could make them into a charm bracelet!” That is how I tried to convince my practical side to buy them. “I could use them as Christmas ornaments!” I quickly added to silence the know-all voice inside of me that was saying, “You won’t wear them as a charm bracelet!” The practical side, which is very vocal but never wins, noted for good measure, “Sure- stuff them into the closet all year long and only bring them out once a year!” The inner child in me was eyeing the baby rattles, toying with them in her mind, appreciating the wear and tear they had endured, admiring the details of the crafter, curiously imagining the babies that once wore them tied with a silk ribbon around their chubby necks. With that, I honored my inner child and bought them, knowing darn well the rule of my practical side:
Whenever you buy something, you must give up something for each thing you buy in return.
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