If you’re like me, you have box after box of old theater programs, wedding invitations, graduation notices, children’s artwork, newspaper clippings, waiting for that rainy day to organize and categorize. ...READ MORE
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If you’re like me, you have box after box of old theater programs, wedding invitations, graduation notices, children’s artwork, newspaper clippings, waiting for that rainy day to organize and categorize. Funny thing — it hasn’t rained in more than 30 years!
I call these morsels of memorabilia “memory joggers.” We all have memory lapses but there’s hope in these scraps from our past because they rekindle happy times. What a pleasant visit to the past to delve into these boxes of happy reminders of our past experiences. And — it doesn’t have to be raining.
I think about organizing all of it. What happens, though, is I read every article or announcement and relive the occasion. I can daydream about weddings, vacations, the birth of each grandchild and great grandchild — because I have saved a souvenir that brings the memories flowing back. Then I notice the sun is setting or my cell is ringing, and life is demanding attention — and I’ve barely scratched the surface.
So be it! These tangible little memory joggers, organized or not, have served their purpose. They have brought back so many wonderful occasions. And they are all very dear to me. How could I ever get rid of them?
While these memories are waiting for the next visitation, life goes on. I have several new stacks of memory joggers, waiting to join the past and be added to another box. And if they never get organized, they continue to serve their faithful and long-lasting purpose.
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