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Treasures To Be Found In The Attic
I had promised mom I would help her clean the attic and today was that day. Having looked up there, I could see why mom asked for help. While she would be physically able to deal with the boxes and items up there, the sheer amount of it would be overwhelming for anyone. Having given my word and I would be nice about it, but I was thinking that getting a shovel and plowing it out the window would deal with all of it.
I grew up in this house and knew that there would be a number of things that had been a part of my childhood that I could stumble across up here. I was treading on the hollowed ground of memories. Would they all be good memories, or would some of them be bittersweet? Only time would tell.
Trying to make up my mind on where to begin, I see a box for jewelry. I did not remember seeing it before so I knew it was not mine. Sitting down I opened it up to see what treasures it might hold. Right on top is this stunning antique engagement ring. I walk over to mom to ask about it. With tears streaming down her face she starts to tell me the story about her first love.
When she is finished, I realize that here is a story about mom that I had not heard before. What other parts of her life had I missed? That is when I realized that helping in the attic might bring forth more than a sore back. I moved on to the next box.
When I went off to college I had left things behind because I was concerned that my new city friends would laugh at my country things. Such was the case of my treasures box. I had placed things that were important to me in this box. So what was in there after all these years? Opening it up and I see my rhodium earrings. They were given to me when I graduated and were just as pretty now as they had been then. I gingerly placed them in my shirt pocket and went on to the next box.
Winter was written all over the next box I grabbed. Opening it up I found girls sweatshirts that my sister and I had outgrown years ago. Mom must have placed them up here one year and then left them when she realized we would have outgrown them by the following winter. They could be donated to the thrift shop.
Mom and I traveled over a lot of memory ground that day. We did not get as much done as we had hoped. However, the time spent going down memory lane was another set of riches for our treasure boxes for memories to hold.
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