Holding Memories in a Safe Place

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The inside of this box took me by surprise, because of it I had to buy it then I sold it that is how it goes as a brocante buyer. In one hand and out by the other. 1800 hand embroidery piece tucked into a small case. It probably was used to hold a rosary or relic… I have seen plenty of curious and beautiful antiques many ask me how I can stand to let things go… I am not sentimental about objects, well maybe once in awhile, that is why I can do what I do. My mother would beg to differ as my home is stuffed. But if tomorrow someone wanted to buy it all I would let it go. Though Yann would throw a fit he likes things to stay the same. But if you ask him to find something let’s say a big red box with a purple bow in the fridge he wouldn’t be able to find it.

Are you like Yann or like me?

 



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8 responses to “Holding Memories in a Safe Place”

  1. The longer I keep something, the harder it is to part with it. I have lots of personal “treasures “, but the reality is that when I pack my evacuation bags each year in preparation for fire season (in the foothills of Northern California), it’s 99% practical items like important papers, prescription meds and a change of clothes. Maybe I’m not as sentimental as I think?

  2. Leonie Buchanan

    Definitely a man thing. 🤣

  3. Jennifer Phillipps

    I can both let things go and want to hold them dear. I like treasures that have an association from distant places I have travelled to and textiles as I love the creative aspect of them and how someone has gone to such trouble to create something, but I can happily give things away if someone else needs them or if it is a good cause…a bit of both. As for Yann and finding things – my husband has the same syndrome…it is a bloke thing! Cheers Jennie

  4. I hold on to things of great sentiment always.
    My place is too small for too many things so I must be very careful
    Much love
    Love your postings always.
    I love you
    Hugs

  5. Years ago I set up the Christmas tree by myself with lights, some of them blinking, in the living room. My husband came in and sat on the couch for about an hour before I finally asked “How do you like the tree?” He said, “What tree?” He hadn’t noticed it.

  6. Teddee Grace

    I couldn’t part, or wouldn’t want to part, with many things. I sometimes even feel sentimental about items, marked with someone’s name in real ink on old white adhesive tape, that I have found abandoned to a thrift shop. How sad that someone felt such a strong attachment to something, a cup and saucer, a candy dish, that they wanted to make certain it found its way to a special person and now that person has perhaps died or simply donated it. Me to the rescue!

  7. Family heirlooms are important to me. Everything else not so much. That said, I do like a comfortable aesthetic in my home and enjoy being surrounded by art inside and wonderful trees and gardens outside.

  8. TerriNTexas

    Definitely like you!!! But my man is like Yann!!! Especially with paper, can’t find a letter he just had in his hand, put it down somewhere in his office – I have to come and find it!

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