Good Things Can Come from the Garage

 We packed up pretty quick in 2016 and shoved our stuff into the garage. Nate was so kind to build shelves so we didn't have to buy storage space. It was difficult to throw away stuff that I had spent time collecting for "someday". Someday I'd write my history, someday I'd put together picture books, someday I'd use the crafts and ..... well, 'stuff' I had for all kinds of projects. All the 'stuff' from school and letters, and just stuff.

Today I have been throwing away stuff. Shower curtains, cd label maker, old calendars, papers and notebooks of things that were precious in the day - but not now.

And I've fun into some memories. One box let me know what a bad mom I was. A whole plastic shoe box of awards the boys earned in cub scouts - that never got sewn onto their uniforms. I had a someday project of making a board to glue them all on. But in today's world, no one cares about cub scouts anymore. So do I throw it all away now? I put that in another - "decide tomorrow" pile.

I found a box full of Mother's Day cards, posters, and stories. Oh so fun and full of warm memories. But little kids do not stay in adoration of their mothers when they get older, so the sediments are probably different now. I'll probably throw those away. But one I had to take a picture of because Lilly just sent me a letter with a rainbow she made and I opened a letter from one of my children that had a rainbow too.

Lilly sent me a letter today and I found a letter from years ago - I still love rainbows!

Another memory that popped up was an old calendar that I had put in Jeffrey's office. I wanted to go to Hawaii - or any beautiful beach - so I hung a calendar where he would see it when he sat down at his desk. I don't think the page was ever turned that year. But we have been to Hawaii a few times since. I chalk it up to the power of suggestion.

It is amazing what a picture can do

But I go on lots of adventures now and I don't need to suggest anything! These next few years will be full of adventures and beaches if we choose. It's the elephants that whisper in my ear now......