A Trip Down Memory Lane

Posted on May 08 in Uncategorizedby TrishPrint

My Mom is in town from California, and she brought up a box of my stuff to go through. She’s been bugging me to go through it every time we visit them (about once a year) and I just never get around to it. It was the box that contained my bell collection.

When I was younger I used to collect bells. Some of them really meant something, but others were just random ones my mom found at garage sales, etc. My mom wanted me to go through them and decide which ones I actually wanted, and which ones we could get rid of.

I finally went through them this morning and besides the bells, I found some other things from my past in there. One of them was my favorite stuffed animal from when I was little. It has glow in the dark stars all over it, and the eyes glow in the dark too (meaning the bottom eyelashes, so it looks like the eyes are closed in the dark) My daughter picked it up and was playing with it, so I decided to go show her the glow in the dark aspect of the doll. She thought it was great.

I also found a lot of my old awards in there, including my softball trophy from when I was 8. Then there were some trophies from high school for colorguard, and some metals we won at championships. I also found my high school diploma and valedictorian metal.

It was definitely a trip down memory lane for me! On a side note, my daughter was quite upset when my mom had to leave this morning. It was quite cute, because we don’t get to see my parents very often, only a few times a year, and even just spending yesterday with her, my daughter became quite attached. She cried when my mom drove off. I bet my mom loved that!

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5 Comments

• Lisa says:

  May 17, 2009 at 10:51 pm

  You have won an award at
  http://www.gardenofmany.com/2009/05/it-is-uber-amazing.html

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• Kim @ What's That Smell? says:

  May 16, 2009 at 11:00 am

  It’s amazing what “stuff” can do to bring back memories. Without it, I know I would forget some fun moments in my life without the stuff to jog my memory.

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• kiddiescorner says:

  May 11, 2009 at 8:41 am

  Coming over from Momdots link a thon. Glad I found you

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• Amanda says:

  May 10, 2009 at 3:48 am

  I recently had to go through a box of my old things too. It was interesting. My mom had saved every report card I’d ever gotten. Glad you had a good visit with your mom.

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• Peterson Party of 5 says:

  May 9, 2009 at 10:56 pm

  Happy Mother’s Day!
  xoxo,
  Doreen

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