Downsizing...
In my efforts to be ready to move in a few weeks, I came to the conclusion that I would actually have to put forth some effort. Unfortunately this is not Hogwarts, and my luggage will not miraculously pack it self, nor will 5 boxes of stuff shrink to fit into one little box.
Part of todays efforts went into cleaning out my collection of cards and letters received over the years. Had 2 boxes. Managed to get it down to one. Probably need to toss it all, but...I just can't part with some of it. Like the last card I received from my aunt before she passed on. The thank you card from uncle telling me how much it meant to him that my mom and I came up for my aunt's visitation.
Other cards I kept were the funny/strange ones from my friends. I have some crazy friends. Some of them made me feel that I've kind of been a crap friend of late. I know some people will say this isn't true, but others would probably agree. I have some really great friends and am truly blessed to have them in my life.
One friend I had about a 3 inch stack of letters she wrote me when she lived in California. If I were to put them all together I would probably have a decent sized book. It was kind of funny because I was thinking about her as I went through all my cards, and then she called me.
You may be wondering what got tossed, as I seemed to have kept quite a bit. I finally got rid of some old Christmas cards. Got rid of some that weren't even to me. And got rid of a few letters that I should have gotten rid of a long time ago. A bit symbolic of putting that relationship in the past...well, hopefully.
Part of todays efforts went into cleaning out my collection of cards and letters received over the years. Had 2 boxes. Managed to get it down to one. Probably need to toss it all, but...I just can't part with some of it. Like the last card I received from my aunt before she passed on. The thank you card from uncle telling me how much it meant to him that my mom and I came up for my aunt's visitation.
Other cards I kept were the funny/strange ones from my friends. I have some crazy friends. Some of them made me feel that I've kind of been a crap friend of late. I know some people will say this isn't true, but others would probably agree. I have some really great friends and am truly blessed to have them in my life.
One friend I had about a 3 inch stack of letters she wrote me when she lived in California. If I were to put them all together I would probably have a decent sized book. It was kind of funny because I was thinking about her as I went through all my cards, and then she called me.
You may be wondering what got tossed, as I seemed to have kept quite a bit. I finally got rid of some old Christmas cards. Got rid of some that weren't even to me. And got rid of a few letters that I should have gotten rid of a long time ago. A bit symbolic of putting that relationship in the past...well, hopefully.
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