INTENSITY²
Start here => What's your crime? Basic Discussion => Topic started by: DirtDawg on August 06, 2007, 04:54:34 PM
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I have been cleaning out my garage and really, I wonder why I have have kept half the shit I'm throwing out.
However, I have found my grandfather's pipe in piles of shit that need to be thrown away and it is loaded with his last pipeful of Prince Albert, which he never got to smoke, because he died right then, holding onto it and telling everyone to fuck off about his pipe smoking. I've heard the story too many times. I am a pipe smoker and it looks brand new, due to the lack of teeth marks on the stem. I remember, also, that he had no teeth for the last ten years of his life and that this was his favorite pipe, towards the end. That's why I have it. I am the only pipe smoker in the family.
Should I smoke it? Is that too creepy? Am I a sentimental douchebag for even hesitating? Should I just keep it aside for some future interest? Should I clean it and smoke it with my wonderful Danish blend of aged tobaccos? Should I smoke his death smoke, which is sixteen years old now and of which he never got to partake?
Am I thinking over thinkning too much?
Is this really my pipe or does it belong to my son and his son?
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It doesn't matter. It is just an object.
Do whatever you want to with it.
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See, that's the biggest part of me.
I just wonder what makes me think that objects are mine to do with as I please.
Is it really mine?
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My two cents: if you want to be sentimental, smoke it and use the chance to make it done with in your mind. Why does it matter how creepy it is? Keeping shit like that for kids doesn't work from what I've seen - most of the time they really don't give a crap. I've got a closet shelf full of family stuff I'm obligated to be sentimental about until the givers forget about it, but would rather just toss.
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You coud dpass down the pipe if you like, but you can't guarantee that your progeny will smoke pipes, so I'd say it's your smoke. Besides which, with each passing generation, that smoke would mean less and less to the people who had the tobacco-laden pipe. You're the man for the job right now, IMO.
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It's your memory of him.
You have to do what you feel.
I think that I'd get a nice buzz on,
and smoke it, remembering him. The
tobacco that he was going to have.
Either way, the pipe probably shouldn't
be wasted.
But, if you keel over, before lighting it,
forget that I suggested it.
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before you smoke it check for rat droppings.
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before you smoke it check for rat droppings.
Not to worry. It was well preserved.
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before you smoke it check for rat droppings.
Not to worry. It was well preserved.
everytime i go through anything that has been in storage i find rat droppings.
how did you preserve it?
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It's your memory of him.
You have to do what you feel.
I think that I'd get a nice buzz on,
and smoke it, remembering him. The
tobacco that he was going to have.
Either way, the pipe probably shouldn't
be wasted.
But, if you keel over, before lighting it,
forget that I suggested it.
If I keel over, the only person that will blame you will be you. This is really important, though.
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before you smoke it check for rat droppings.
Not to worry. It was well preserved.
everytime i go through anything that has been in storage i find rat droppings.
how did you preserve it?
We don't live in California.
Also, it was within, within, within plastic.
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If I keel over, the only person that will blame you will be you. This is really important, though.
Nah. I'd figure 'twas right somehow.
It almost seems as though he's asking
for contact.
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before you smoke it check for rat droppings.
Not to worry. It was well preserved.
everytime i go through anything that has been in storage i find rat droppings.
how did you preserve it?
We don't live in California.
Also, it was within, within, within plastic.
do rats come from the dock or something?
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But what about this shit?
Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?
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before you smoke it check for rat droppings.
Not to worry. It was well preserved.
everytime i go through anything that has been in storage i find rat droppings.
how did you preserve it?
We don't live in California.
Also, it was within, within, within plastic.
do rats come from the dock or something?
Not sure. Around here they come from the corn fields, which I live many miles from.
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I would be sentimental about it, sometimes a bit of sentimental is called for. Smoke it and make the time to do it properly- see it as a tribute to him. This is one of those things that you shouldn't care if you're being emo about.
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If I keel over, the only person that will blame you will be you. This is really important, though.
Nah. I'd figure 'twas right somehow.
It almost seems as though he's asking
for contact.
How the fuck do you think I found it?
... in its prestine condition?
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If I keel over, the only person that will blame you will be you. This is really important, though.
Nah. I'd figure 'twas right somehow.
It almost seems as though he's asking
for contact.
How the fuck do you think I found it?
... in its prestine condition?
No doubts whatsoever?
We're not alike, if that's
the case.
It's what I class as small miracles.
I don't see what choice you have.
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As to the pipe itself, I think you'll learn that
later. But, this might well have been something
you trapped yourself into. Putting it aside earlier,
and forgetting it completely - not sure of what
to do about it.
Hell, I always find ways of explaining these things.
And never quite believe either direction.
Here though, even if it's your own trap,
your mind is at least telling you what to do.
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But what about this shit?
Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?
The post order makes it look like this was aimed at McJ, the wording makes it look like it was aimed at me. Who did you mean?
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But what about this shit?
Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?
i have about a quarter million baseball cards. a few hundred are sentimental to me.
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But what about this shit?
Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?
The post order makes it look like this was aimed at McJ, the wording makes it look like it was aimed at me. Who did you mean?
In general.
All of us.
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Tons of things. And it breaks me
when I lose them.
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But what about this shit?
Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?
The post order makes it look like this was aimed at McJ, the wording makes it look like it was aimed at me. Who did you mean?
I would honestly like to continue this thread past my own current personal diatribe and second guessing.
It could be very interesting.
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But what about this shit?
Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?
The post order makes it look like this was aimed at McJ, the wording makes it look like it was aimed at me. Who did you mean?
I would honestly like to continue this thread past my own current personal diatribe and second guessing.
It could be very interesting.
and i am very glad that you didn't author this thread in the games forum.
i would also like to follow this thread, and i don't follow anything in the games forum anymore.
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But what about this shit?
Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?
i have about a quarter million baseball cards. a few hundred are sentimental to me.
A big quantity seems scary, but the few that have meaning to you make me really wonder why they have value to you. I am in a place I can't see past. I am selfish and this is larger than I am.
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Sniff it. Might help.
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But what about this shit?
Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?
The post order makes it look like this was aimed at McJ, the wording makes it look like it was aimed at me. Who did you mean?
I would honestly like to continue this thread past my own current personal diatribe and second guessing.
It could be very interesting.
and i am very glad that you didn't author this thread in the games forum.
i would also like to follow this thread, and i don't follow anything in the games forum anymore.
Games are the only way I can deal with some of life's pains. The games forum seemed appropriate for most of my thoughts, recently.
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But what about this shit?
Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?
i have about a quarter million baseball cards. a few hundred are sentimental to me.
A big quantity seems scary, but the few that have meaning to you make me really wonder why they have value to you. I am in a place I can't see past. I am selfish and this is larger than I am.
mike schmidt used toi be my favorite player, i collected each of his cards....the collection of him is sentimental to me.
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Sniff it. Might help.
I have been sniffing at this dilemma for about three hours, now.
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Sniff it. Might help.
I have been sniffing at this dilemma for about three hours, now.
Does it feel urgent?
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mike schmidt used toi be my favorite player, i collected each of his cards....the collection of him is sentimental to me.
He seems before your time by a bit. I know that I liked
him, but it was towards the end of his career, I think.
Always liked Nettles better, but what can you expect
from a Yankees fan?
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Games are the only way I can deal with some of life's pains. The games forum seemed appropriate for most of my thoughts, recently.
i started avoiding the games forum because i wanted to have more depth to my posts. but it seems that i am caught in a rut of being superficial. and the numbers have become too important. i will get rid of the funk i am in. i am taking positive steps to do so. but then the s e x ual banter keeps sidetracking my goals....i am not complaining.
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mike schmidt used toi be my favorite player, i collected each of his cards....the collection of him is sentimental to me.
He seems before your time by a bit. I know that I liked
him, but it was towards the end of his career, I think.
Always liked Nettles better, but what can you expect
from a Yankees fan?
i became a fan in 1977. he was beginning to be at the top of his game, then.
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But what about this shit?
Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?
i have about a quarter million baseball cards. a few hundred are sentimental to me.
A big quantity seems scary, but the few that have meaning to you make me really wonder why they have value to you. I am in a place I can't see past. I am selfish and this is larger than I am.
mike schmidt used toi be my favorite player, i collected each of his cards....the collection of him is sentimental to me.
... and you probably have some identity with the events of your life that occurred as certain cards were collected. That's the way it is with my coin collection. It is more valuable to me for the memories I associate with it than the pieces of silver.
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mike schmidt used toi be my favorite player, i collected each of his cards....the collection of him is sentimental to me.
He seems before your time by a bit. I know that I liked
him, but it was towards the end of his career, I think.
Always liked Nettles better, but what can you expect
from a Yankees fan?
i became a fan in 1977. he was beginning to be at the top of his game, then.
About the same time I did.
Hmm...how late did he keep playing?
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Sniff it. Might help.
I have been sniffing at this dilemma for about three hours, now.
Does it feel urgent?
Yes, mainly that I ...
I don't know.
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other things, pictures ect.
I mean, you're the one who has to
decide this. And it really has to be
by your own path.
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mike schmidt used toi be my favorite player, i collected each of his cards....the collection of him is sentimental to me.
He seems before your time by a bit. I know that I liked
him, but it was towards the end of his career, I think.
Always liked Nettles better, but what can you expect
from a Yankees fan?
i became a fan in 1977. he was beginning to be at the top of his game, then.
About the same time I did.
Hmm...how late did he keep playing?
1990 or there about. i forgot more baseball knowledge than i care to share, here. i used to be a trivia nut. i just stopped following it one day.
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I have been cleaning out my garage and really, I wonder why I have have kept half the shit I'm throwing out.
However, I have found my grandfather's pipe in piles of shit that need to be thrown away and it is loaded with his last pipeful of Prince Albert, which he never got to smoke, because he died right then, holding onto it and telling everyone to fuck off about his pipe smoking. I've heard the story too many times. I am a pipe smoker and it looks brand new, due to the lack of teeth marks on the stem. I remember, also, that he had no teeth for the last ten years of his life and that this was his favorite pipe, towards the end. That's why I have it. I am the only pipe smoker in the family.
Should I smoke it? Is that too creepy? Am I a sentimental douchebag for even hesitating? Should I just keep it aside for some future interest? Should I clean it and smoke it with my wonderful Danish blend of aged tobaccos? Should I smoke his death smoke, which is sixteen years old now and of which he never got to partake?
Am I thinking over thinkning too much?
Is this really my pipe or does it belong to my son and his son?
smoke it. think fond things of your grandfather whilst you do. pass the pipe on to your kids.
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other things, pictures ect.
I mean, you're the one who has to
decide this. And it really has to be
by your own path.
I have a number of his pictures. I have his beat up shotgun, some of his wrenches. This was his last smoke, loaded by his own burly, worn out hands which he never got to enjoy.
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other things, pictures ect.
I mean, you're the one who has to
decide this. And it really has to be
by your own path.
I have a number of his pictures. I have his beat up shotgun, some of his wrenches. This was his last smoke, loaded by his own burly, worn out hands which he never got to enjoy.
Think on them too, I guess.
Really focus. I know you are,
but I can't do this for you.
All I can tell you is what you
know.
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I don't know that I'd smoke the 16 yr old tobacco. I think the pipe is the important part, not that particular load of tobacco. Definitely keep the pipe. Put some fresh tobacco in it if you're inclined, and smoke up and enjoy the memories.
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other things, pictures ect.
I mean, you're the one who has to
decide this. And it really has to be
by your own path.
I have a number of his pictures. I have his beat up shotgun, some of his wrenches. This was his last smoke, loaded by his own burly, worn out hands which he never got to enjoy.
Think on them too, I guess.
Really focus. I know you are,
but I can't do this for you.
All I can tell you is what you
know.
Then tell me more, please.
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I don't know that I'd smoke the 16 yr old tobacco. I think the pipe is the important part, not that particular load of tobacco. Definitely keep the pipe. Put some fresh tobacco in it if you're inclined, and smoke up and enjoy the memories.
Remember that all quality tobacco is AGED. That has little to do wiht my questions, though.
It is obvious to me that you have not grasped the essence of what I hold in my hand.
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I have been cleaning out my garage and really, I wonder why I have have kept half the shit I'm throwing out.
However, I have found my grandfather's pipe in piles of shit that need to be thrown away and it is loaded with his last pipeful of Prince Albert, which he never got to smoke, because he died right then, holding onto it and telling everyone to fuck off about his pipe smoking. I've heard the story too many times. I am a pipe smoker and it looks brand new, due to the lack of teeth marks on the stem. I remember, also, that he had no teeth for the last ten years of his life and that this was his favorite pipe, towards the end. That's why I have it. I am the only pipe smoker in the family.
Should I smoke it? Is that too creepy? Am I a sentimental douchebag for even hesitating? Should I just keep it aside for some future interest? Should I clean it and smoke it with my wonderful Danish blend of aged tobaccos? Should I smoke his death smoke, which is sixteen years old now and of which he never got to partake?
Am I thinking over thinkning too much?
Is this really my pipe or does it belong to my son and his son?
smoke it. think fond things of your grandfather whilst you do. pass the pipe on to your kids.
You have me figured out.
This where I'm going with this. I just need to clear things up to the point I can truly feel the gravity of this ceremony as I do.
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I don't know that I'd smoke the 16 yr old tobacco. I think the pipe is the important part, not that particular load of tobacco. Definitely keep the pipe. Put some fresh tobacco in it if you're inclined, and smoke up and enjoy the memories.
I've smoked older.
And that's really NOT the
point.
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other things, pictures ect.
I mean, you're the one who has to
decide this. And it really has to be
by your own path.
I have a number of his pictures. I have his beat up shotgun, some of his wrenches. This was his last smoke, loaded by his own burly, worn out hands which he never got to enjoy.
Think on them too, I guess.
Really focus. I know you are,
but I can't do this for you.
All I can tell you is what you
know.
Then tell me more, please.
What can I touch? Look at what you have of his.
Think about it. I think think about your family too,
and how he flows through the blood - but this is
less clear. Shit.
When you smoke it, I think you have to reach out,
a bit. I know that you use drugs sometimes, but
think what HE'D think about that, because it might
just make it more difficult, even if it seems easier.
Ah, and make sure that nothing can screw up what
you plan, without it being necessary. Like, if you need
to do it alone, make damned sure that no one is going
to interrupt. On the other hand, if there's someone who
has to be there, make sure that they understand how
important it is - I presume that your family is used to
your ways.
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My .02 would be to smoke it with one of your kids. You know a kind of passing down of the generations kind of thing. Is your son the only one old enough to smoke??
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I don't know that I'd smoke the 16 yr old tobacco. I think the pipe is the important part, not that particular load of tobacco. Definitely keep the pipe. Put some fresh tobacco in it if you're inclined, and smoke up and enjoy the memories.
Remember that all quality tobacco is AGED. That has little to do wiht my questions, though.
It is obvious to me that you have not grasped the essence of what I hold in my hand.
I suppose I haven't. Sounds like I need to re-read and see where I went off track.
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My .02 would be to smoke it with one of your kids. You know a kind of passing down of the generations kind of thing. Is your son the only one old enough to smoke??
I didn't want to put something that clear
into his mind. It occurred as possible, but
less clear.
Anyone is old enough to smoke, under these
circumstances. This isn't a mere matter of
hangin' with dad, and having a beer.
Just so they understand the special
nature.
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Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?
Yes. But at the same time they are only objects.
My mom lived and died trapped by hundreds and hundreds of things that had sentimental value to her. She was a slave to them. They weighed her down. She had so much stuff she couldn't keep organized. It kept her from functioning well in her home.
I've made a conscious decision not to let objects own me. Though they may have sentimental associations, I own them and I'll do what's right for me with them, regardless.
Not implying you should do one thing or another, MD... just answering your question.
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juliekitty - I know exactly what you mean. I've seen lives seriously messed up by sentimentality, drowning in so many objects that they can't be managed, or devastated when some natural disaster destroys them. It doesn't sound like Dawg's in that kind of danger though. I think PI's right, sometimes a bit of sentimentality is called for.
I probably err too far in the other direction, because I do my best not to get attached to material objects period. I have a few things I get attached to, like my laptop, but that's not exactly sentimentality, because it's the function that I like, and an equivalent replacement would be just as good.
I used to be a lot more superstitious though. When I was fifteen I went to a summer camp that was close to lifesaving. Everyone got a glass candleholder to take home with the word "LIFE" engraved on it. I dropped mine by accident a few months later, right before I moved out of the country. It scared me enough, looking at the shattered pieces on the floor, that I dropped everything I was doing and spent the next two hours painstakingly gluing them all back together.
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Do you have anything that is sentimental to you?
Yes. But at the same time they are only objects.
My mom lived and died trapped by hundreds and hundreds of things that had sentimental value to her. She was a slave to them. They weighed her down. She had so much stuff she couldn't keep organized. It kept her from functioning well in her home.
I've made a conscious decision not to let objects own me. Though they may have sentimental associations, I own them and I'll do what's right for me with them, regardless.
Not implying you should do one thing or another, MD... just answering your question.
I appreciate what you are saying and generally I agree with you, but I have gone too far down the path of spiritualism to accept that certain special things are merely objects of little gravity and nothing more. Some things have power - I am convinced. I agree that ninety nine plus some per cent of the shit that we encounter is a meaningless annoyance or a simple distraction and getting tangled with them is a fool's calling, but I believe the chance of something complete and plenary coming to us, uncorrupt, is real and it does happen, although it seems quite rare.
The mental flexibility to recognise an occasional life changing event makes some of us stronger, through either action or inaction. That is why I feel that I am between the hammer and an anvil, right now. I am sensing that this may be one of the most important and possibly devastating things I have ever encountered. I do not want to miss my steps.
I definitely need to sleep on this one.
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My .02 would be to smoke it with one of your kids. You know a kind of passing down of the generations kind of thing. Is your son the only one old enough to smoke??
I didn't want to put something that clear
into his mind. It occurred as possible, but
less clear.
Anyone is old enough to smoke, under these
circumstances. This isn't a mere matter of
hangin' with dad, and having a beer.
Just so they understand the special
nature.
It's not that the thoughts or ideas were not there already. It feels now as if I have already done this, but the time has not yet passed.
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My .02 would be to smoke it with one of your kids. You know a kind of passing down of the generations kind of thing. Is your son the only one old enough to smoke??
I didn't want to put something that clear
into his mind. It occurred as possible, but
less clear.
Anyone is old enough to smoke, under these
circumstances. This isn't a mere matter of
hangin' with dad, and having a beer.
Just so they understand the special
nature.
It's not that the thoughts or ideas were not there already. It feels now as if I have already done this, but the time has not yet passed.
That makes so much sense.
But, you may have done it more
ways than one. I'm glad that you
feel you can sleep on it.
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I have been cleaning out my garage and really, I wonder why I have have kept half the shit I'm throwing out.
However, I have found my grandfather's pipe in piles of shit that need to be thrown away and it is loaded with his last pipeful of Prince Albert, which he never got to smoke, because he died right then, holding onto it and telling everyone to fuck off about his pipe smoking. I've heard the story too many times. I am a pipe smoker and it looks brand new, due to the lack of teeth marks on the stem. I remember, also, that he had no teeth for the last ten years of his life and that this was his favorite pipe, towards the end. That's why I have it. I am the only pipe smoker in the family.
Should I smoke it? Is that too creepy? Am I a sentimental douchebag for even hesitating? Should I just keep it aside for some future interest? Should I clean it and smoke it with my wonderful Danish blend of aged tobaccos? Should I smoke his death smoke, which is sixteen years old now and of which he never got to partake?
Am I thinking over thinkning too much?
Is this really my pipe or does it belong to my son and his son?
smoke it. think fond things of your grandfather whilst you do. pass the pipe on to your kids.
You have me figured out.
This where I'm going with this. I just need to clear things up to the point I can truly feel the gravity of this ceremony as I do.
you have already cleared them, love.
you are seeking approval to do what you feel is right.
carry on, and it will be what it should be, you know?
<hug>
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Thanks, Willow. There are very few who can begin to fathom who I am, most of the time. You are often among them.
:-*
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I have been cleaning out my garage and really, I wonder why I have have kept half the shit I'm throwing out.
However, I have found my grandfather's pipe in piles of shit that need to be thrown away and it is loaded with his last pipeful of Prince Albert, which he never got to smoke, because he died right then, holding onto it and telling everyone to fuck off about his pipe smoking. I've heard the story too many times. I am a pipe smoker and it looks brand new, due to the lack of teeth marks on the stem. I remember, also, that he had no teeth for the last ten years of his life and that this was his favorite pipe, towards the end. That's why I have it. I am the only pipe smoker in the family.
Should I smoke it? Is that too creepy? Am I a sentimental douchebag for even hesitating? Should I just keep it aside for some future interest? Should I clean it and smoke it with my wonderful Danish blend of aged tobaccos? Should I smoke his death smoke, which is sixteen years old now and of which he never got to partake?
Am I thinking over thinkning too much?
Is this really my pipe or does it belong to my son and his son?
smoke it. think fond things of your grandfather whilst you do. pass the pipe on to your kids.
You have me figured out.
This where I'm going with this. I just need to clear things up to the point I can truly feel the gravity of this ceremony as I do.
you don't need approval, love.
go with your spirit.
you know what should be.
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Thanks, Willow. There are very few who can begin to fathom who I am, most of the time. You are often among them.
:-*
I am pleased to be among them. :-*
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I have been cleaning out my garage and really, I wonder why I have have kept half the shit I'm throwing out.
However, I have found my grandfather's pipe in piles of shit that need to be thrown away and it is loaded with his last pipeful of Prince Albert, which he never got to smoke, because he died right then, holding onto it and telling everyone to fuck off about his pipe smoking. I've heard the story too many times. I am a pipe smoker and it looks brand new, due to the lack of teeth marks on the stem. I remember, also, that he had no teeth for the last ten years of his life and that this was his favorite pipe, towards the end. That's why I have it. I am the only pipe smoker in the family.
Should I smoke it? Is that too creepy? Am I a sentimental douchebag for even hesitating? Should I just keep it aside for some future interest? Should I clean it and smoke it with my wonderful Danish blend of aged tobaccos? Should I smoke his death smoke, which is sixteen years old now and of which he never got to partake?
Am I thinking over thinkning too much?
Is this really my pipe or does it belong to my son and his son?
smoke it. think fond things of your grandfather whilst you do. pass the pipe on to your kids.
You have me figured out.
This where I'm going with this. I just need to clear things up to the point I can truly feel the gravity of this ceremony as I do.
you don't need approval, love.
go with your spirit.
you know what should be.
I am.
I have some time/space to work free, first, a fire to build and a few other preparations to make.
I altered the original title of this thread. I truly hope others can talk about their sentimentalities when they have the courage. I know we are not all so stoical as to remain untouched, unmoved, unstirred, unresponsive, unruffled by the forces in each of our lives. Even a discussion of favorite books, nephews, nieces, dogs, cats, nights to remember, why you drink one thing over another ... anything that deeply touches us is on topic. The dare is extended to all.
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My kitty is the best of all of the kitties in all of the world.
My other kitty's pretty good, too.
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My kitty is the best of all of the kitties in all of the world.
My other kitty's pretty good, too.
That's cool.
I have a five month old female cat that is the most incredibly affectionate and social cat I have ever known and I have had MANY cats in my long life.
One of her really sweet tricks is to stalk me in wait until I sit, then surprise! She pounces and slams her head scent glands against my face so hard it damn near hurts and purrs. She's a little dyslexic, though. She doesn't say, "Meow" - she says, "Mow-ee."
:laugh:
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I have a five month old female cat that is the most incredibly affectionate and social cat I have ever known and I have had MANY cats in my long life.
One of her really sweet tricks is to stalk me in wait until I sit, then surprise! She pounces and slams her head scent glands against my face so hard it damn near hurts and purrs. She's a little dyslexic, though. She doesn't say, "Meow" - she says, "Mow-ee."
:laugh:
A dyslexic cat?? just when you think you've heard of everything. :laugh:
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Sentimental? Kind of pointeless, as the memory never dies in my mind. My grandmother gave me replica baseballs, like I am in it for the shear fun. I just want to cash those fuckers in, and my mom got mad at me.
I am reminded, as she lives on inside of me. I inherited her desire to help. She brought in people off the street to help them get situated. I think she has had enough brains to stay out of trouble with that shit. My mom actually acts that way for a few seconds.. seconds.. lol. My sister tries to kill people, my aunt seems to be doing spitful things, and my brother does not tollerate to much. He was mean to my bitch. Everyone is mean to my mom, except me, I am so my grandmother, as I put up with her the best. Better than her boyfriend, and am not going into it. That is the reason for her saying your all I have got. COOL, THAT MEANS AM DOING MY JOB.
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Sentimental? Kind of pointeless, as the memory never dies in my mind. My grandmother gave me replica baseballs, like I am in it for the shear fun. I just want to cash those fuckers in, and my mom got mad at me.
I am reminded, as she lives on inside of me. I inherited her desire to help. She brought in people off the street to help them get situated. I think she has had enough brains to stay out of trouble with that shit. My mom actually acts that way for a few seconds.. seconds.. lol. My sister tries to kill people, my aunt seems to be doing spitful things, and my brother does not tollerate to much. He was mean to my bitch. Everyone is mean to my mom, except me, I am so my grandmother, as I put up with her the best. Better than her boyfriend, and am not going into it. That is the reason for her saying your all I have got. COOL, THAT MEANS AM DOING MY JOB.
Thanks, Randy. Some memorable sentiment included there.
"I am so my grandmother" could become another classic.
'He was mean to my bitch'
anagrams to
'Women hate him, by acts.'
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I have some time/space to work free, first, a fire to build and a few other preparations to make.
Sometimes it is hard to find the exact right time for something as special as this. I hope you find it and it works out.
I lost my first wedding ring and then got another one that I like better. GA was upset that I didn't understand the erm, gravity of the situation. I still don't understand it, I am still married to him and I like my new ring.
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The ring that my wife found for me.
I'd been missing it all my life, wondering
where 'twas.
She found it in Istanbul, and knew that 'twas
mine. Sometimes I wonder if it was the whole
reason that we were together.
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I have some time/space to work free, first, a fire to build and a few other preparations to make.
Sometimes it is hard to find the exact right time for something as special as this. I hope you find it and it works out.
I lost my first wedding ring and then got another one that I like better. GA was upset that I didn't understand the erm, gravity of the situation. I still don't understand it, I am still married to him and I like my new ring.
No two people will be touched by the same things or if they are, it affects each person uniquely. Some things or events seem to have very distinct symbolic or associative meanings to some people. I would guess that no matter how many different ways GA tried to explain or make you see the "gravity of the situation" you still won't get his meaning. The whole thing fits differently into your mind than it does his.
You like the new ring better and the fact that you two are still together is what's important to you.
I don't get rings, myself. Some people really treasure them, though. I don't know why, but I am more impressed by my body's reaction to my wearing a wedding ring than the ring itself. I have made a specific place for it on my finger and as I have aged, there are smooth callouses on my finger and palm where it touches. On the upper side there is a groove for it to rest in. Even if I took it off there would still be this obvious place "worn down" where it has been. It's almost like a brand, now. I am proud to be "an old married man" and don't mind who knows. I have been able to maintain a partnership with another person for many years.
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I remain eternally sentimental about a lot of things, but as always, never share them much.
Which is stupid.
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I have been cleaning out my garage and really, I wonder why I have have kept half the shit I'm throwing out.
However, I have found my grandfather's pipe in piles of shit that need to be thrown away and it is loaded with his last pipeful of Prince Albert, which he never got to smoke, because he died right then, holding onto it and telling everyone to fuck off about his pipe smoking. I've heard the story too many times. I am a pipe smoker and it looks brand new, due to the lack of teeth marks on the stem. I remember, also, that he had no teeth for the last ten years of his life and that this was his favorite pipe, towards the end. That's why I have it. I am the only pipe smoker in the family.
Should I smoke it? Is that too creepy? Am I a sentimental douchebag for even hesitating? Should I just keep it aside for some future interest? Should I clean it and smoke it with my wonderful Danish blend of aged tobaccos? Should I smoke his death smoke, which is sixteen years old now and of which he never got to partake?Am I thinking over thinkning too much?
Is this really my pipe or does it belong to my son and his son?
If it was me, I would put it in a locket or something similar, to remind me that you never know when the minute you are living is your last.
Not to sound too dramatic, but I have a lock of my grandmothers hair that just means so much to me. And her musical instrument. And just to look at it just could almost bring me to tears, thinking of her playing that and the history that goes with it...like, when she bought it, she would never know that nearly 70 years later her grand daughter would look at it and just be overwhelmed with happiness that she lived.
It's always those insignificant things.
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My kitty is the best of all of the kitties in all of the world.
My other kitty's pretty good, too.
you have two pussy's?
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My kitty is the best of all of the kitties in all of the world.
My other kitty's pretty good, too.
you have two pussies?
Better.
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My kitty is the best of all of the kitties in all of the world.
My other kitty's pretty good, too.
you have two pussies?
Better.
i think i just found the second pussy.
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you have two pussy's?
Last I heard that was from a fellow eight-year-old, once upon a time. Glad to hear the adults of the world have grown up so. :laugh:
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DD - did you resolve your original issue?
I met an old crazy scarred up wolf today,
and it lead me to wondering.
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DD - did you resolve your original issue?
I met an old crazy scarred up wolf today,
and it lead me to wondering.
Yes, I know what to do, now, although a bit more reflection is necessary before I proceed.
How did you know I was a wolf?
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DD - did you resolve your original issue?
I met an old crazy scarred up wolf today,
and it lead me to wondering.
Yes, I know what to do, now, although a bit more reflection is necessary before I proceed.
How did you know I was a wolf?
These things happen.
I don't have to know.
An old Cheyenne.
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Or he could have pulled it out of the Questions for God thread. :laugh:
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Ex-hoarder here. Between getting old enough to feel my mortality, and having
mouse activity in my apartment and potentially contaminating much of my stuff,
I've become much less attached to my stuff! :yarly:
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What a great thread and great subject.
Did you find the right time to smoke the pipe, DD?
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Ex-hoarder here. Between getting old enough to feel my mortality, and having
mouse activity in my apartment and potentially contaminating much of my stuff,
I've become much less attached to my stuff! :yarly:
There's a company based in my village, working with elderly people who lose their connection with the world because of dementia. The woman who started it is both a geriatric nurse and an artist. She changed corridors in homes for elderly into nostalgic routes, with pictures that match the world it was when most patients were young. Apparently this activates demented people because it triggers their memories. In the home she started with this project they also try to make individual scrapbooks, so that there can be something the demented person feels secure talking about and thus can connect with their kids or friends.
Throwing everything away may be throwing your whole connection with your past, and with that your connection with the now away.
Yes, most of the stuff I have at home can theoretically go. But there are some things that carry strong, powerful and dear memories. They are part of what made me me. I would not want to miss them.
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My mother always said keep things that make you feel good, don't keep anything out of a sense of duty or because you feel guilty getting rid of it.
Some may think me strange but I believe things carry "karma","feels" (whatever you want to call it) with them, I don't think I've ever seen them as "just" objects...coffee tastes sweeter in the right cup, but some cups, no matter how nice will always make lousy coffee.
If my memories are good ones, if it makes me feel good...I use it, enjoy it, and keep it for as long as it does. Otherwise I find another caretaker for it...in worse case situations with things that hold memories of illness, grief, stress, or hatred...nothing beats a good cleansing by fire.
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My mother always said keep things that make you feel good, don't keep anything out of a sense of duty or because you feel guilty getting rid of it.
Some may think me strange but I believe things carry "karma","feels" (whatever you want to call it) with them, I don't think I've ever seen them as "just" objects...coffee tastes sweeter in the right cup, but some cups, no matter how nice will always make lousy coffee.
If my memories are good ones, if it makes me feel good...I use it, enjoy it, and keep it for as long as it does. Otherwise I find another caretaker for it...in worse case situations with things that hold memories of illness, grief, stress, or hatred...nothing beats a good cleansing by fire.
Yes.
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I'm pretty sentimental.
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My mother always said keep things that make you feel good, don't keep anything out of a sense of duty or because you feel guilty getting rid of it.
Some may think me strange but I believe things carry "karma","feels" (whatever you want to call it) with them, I don't think I've ever seen them as "just" objects...coffee tastes sweeter in the right cup, but some cups, no matter how nice will always make lousy coffee.
If my memories are good ones, if it makes me feel good...I use it, enjoy it, and keep it for as long as it does. Otherwise I find another caretaker for it...in worse case situations with things that hold memories of illness, grief, stress, or hatred...nothing beats a good cleansing by fire.
:agreed:
I am extremely sentimental more than anybody I know, one of my brothers does come somewhat close though. I always say things are people too treat them accordingly :2thumbsup:
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Not very sentimental. Maybe not at all.
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Since I know someone (not the PR) will go through my stuff after I'm gone, I have very little sentimentality left. They're either going to steal it or toss it.
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Since I know someone (not the PR) will go through my stuff after I'm gone, I have very little sentimentality left. They're either going to steal it or toss it.
I have no sentimentality for the time after I am gone. Only when it comes to my connection with the past. My kids may find their own sentimental value in items that I would overlook, and may think that what I hold dear is nothing. That's OK.
When my grandfather died I got a bunch of things, including his books, because they were somewhat in the field of my interest, so I got them. I had not picked them and I would not have picked them. I had never seen him read a book in my entire life. I also got a plastic box he stored bread for the day in for my grandmother and him. I used that box till it was completely worn, because that was an item with sentimental value for me. For another it was a thing to throw away.
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Since I know someone (not the PR) will go through my stuff after I'm gone, I have very little sentimentality left. They're either going to steal it or toss it.
I have no sentimentality for the time after I am gone. Only when it comes to my connection with the past. My kids may find their own sentimental value in items that I would overlook, and may think that what I hold dear is nothing. That's OK.
When my grandfather died I got a bunch of things, including his books, because they were somewhat in the field of my interest, so I got them. I had not picked them and I would not have picked them. I had never seen him read a book in my entire life. I also got a plastic box he stored bread for the day in for my grandmother and him. I used that box till it was completely worn, because that was an item with sentimental value for me. For another it was a thing to throw away.
I am not sentimenmtal but I am about my children and about Western Australia
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I am not sentimenmtal but I am about my children and about Western Australia
:hug:
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Very. I have to scrap my old car which i'm very sad about.
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Very. I have to scrap my old car which i'm very sad about.
Cars are different. To me they seem alive and they each have their own quirks and personalities. Mine is called Tina the Astina, heh.
Other than cars, I am kind of a minimalist. Seeing pointless clutter is too much for my eyes and hence my brain to process.
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:) I hate clutter.
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:) I hate clutter.
Increasingly, so do I. I associate it with hiding places for mice. :tinfoil:
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It must have been bad!
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It must have been bad!
It was. I took a few pictures and videos on my phone, trying to motivate myself to clean,
and I no longer understand how or why I lived like that, or what I was thinking. :rofl:
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Trust me, i've seen the worst of the worst, some of it from one of my parents! At least you are sticking to this new way of living. Good on you.
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Trust me, i've seen the worst of the worst, some of it from one of my parents! At least you are sticking to this new way of living. Good on you.
Thank you. I find the clear spaces are very calming to come home to. :)
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Sensitive? Yes. Sentimental? no.
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Trust me, i've seen the worst of the worst, some of it from one of my parents! At least you are sticking to this new way of living. Good on you.
Thank you. I find the clear spaces are very calming to come home to. :)
Definitely, it helps clear your mind. Did you chuck anything away that you thought meant a lot to you, but then it wasn't so bad once you'd got rid of it?
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Trust me, i've seen the worst of the worst, some of it from one of my parents! At least you are sticking to this new way of living. Good on you.
Thank you. I find the clear spaces are very calming to come home to. :)
Definitely, it helps clear your mind. Did you chuck anything away that you thought meant a lot to you, but then it wasn't so bad once you'd got rid of it?
Many, many things in that category. I think getting older has a lot to do with it. I'm turning 50,
both my parents are gone now, all three of us siblings have health issues, so I'm beginning to see the road
ahead, beginning to get a hint about what it will feel like to be old, and about what might be the end of me. :prude:
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Trust me, i've seen the worst of the worst, some of it from one of my parents! At least you are sticking to this new way of living. Good on you.
Thank you. I find the clear spaces are very calming to come home to. :)
Definitely, it helps clear your mind. Did you chuck anything away that you thought meant a lot to you, but then it wasn't so bad once you'd got rid of it?
Many, many things in that category. I think getting older has a lot to do with it. I'm turning 50,
both my parents are gone now, all three of us siblings have health issues, so I'm beginning to see the road
ahead, beginning to get a hint about what it will feel like to be old, and about what might be the end of me. :prude:
Funnily enough I quite often romanticise and long for time I was no an adult in. Like the 7-'s or the 40's or the turn of the century.
I know exactly what it is an dwhere it comes from me.
I like easy order and easier expectations.
See if you read or watch any olden day setting in media, you will notice how simplistic the roles an dexcpectations were of both males and females.
Imagine whilst at Netherfield in the Jane Austin books, whilst Elizabeth Bennett was sparring with Mr Darcy, two awkward aspies get up to dance and bumble through. The conversation is eccentruic but the ultimately rewarding and two social reject marry and combine fortunes and lives.
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Trust me, i've seen the worst of the worst, some of it from one of my parents! At least you are sticking to this new way of living. Good on you.
Thank you. I find the clear spaces are very calming to come home to. :)
Definitely, it helps clear your mind. Did you chuck anything away that you thought meant a lot to you, but then it wasn't so bad once you'd got rid of it?
Many, many things in that category. I think getting older has a lot to do with it. I'm turning 50,
both my parents are gone now, all three of us siblings have health issues, so I'm beginning to see the road
ahead, beginning to get a hint about what it will feel like to be old, and about what might be the end of me. :prude:
Ahh don't say that :( It can be a new beginning.
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Trust me, i've seen the worst of the worst, some of it from one of my parents! At least you are sticking to this new way of living. Good on you.
Thank you. I find the clear spaces are very calming to come home to. :)
Definitely, it helps clear your mind. Did you chuck anything away that you thought meant a lot to you, but then it wasn't so bad once you'd got rid of it?
Many, many things in that category. I think getting older has a lot to do with it. I'm turning 50,
both my parents are gone now, all three of us siblings have health issues, so I'm beginning to see the road
ahead, beginning to get a hint about what it will feel like to be old, and about what might be the end of me. :prude:
Ahh don't say that :( It can be a new beginning.
I'm not anticipating dying anytime soon, just trying to prepare and use the time wisely. :)
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I've gotten rid of alot of personal stuff...the stuff they hold means nothing to my son, SO has his own stuff, with both my parents gone and no siblings or relatives I keep in touch with...they had no meaning to anyone but me...like QV, someone else will probably go thru my things when I'm dead anyways.
SO actually mentioned going on vacation back where I grew up for the first time in over 10 years last year. I haven't been there since I was 14 and moved here. Not sure I want to deal with all those "feels" but I do want the kid to see it once while I'm still young enough to take him site-seeing.
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I've gotten rid of alot of personal stuff...the stuff they hold means nothing to my son, SO has his own stuff, with both my parents gone and no siblings or relatives I keep in touch with...they had no meaning to anyone but me...like QV, someone else will probably go thru my things when I'm dead anyways.
SO actually mentioned going on vacation back where I grew up for the first time in over 10 years last year. I haven't been there since I was 14 and moved here. Not sure I want to deal with all those "feels" but I do want the kid to see it once while I'm still young enough to take him site-seeing.
I went back to my childhood home several years ago. It's an A-A neighborhood, the tree in the front yard is gone and there's a chain link fence around the whole lot. Couldn't get mentally past the lost tree and fence to see any other changes.
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Trust me, i've seen the worst of the worst, some of it from one of my parents! At least you are sticking to this new way of living. Good on you.
Thank you. I find the clear spaces are very calming to come home to. :)
Definitely, it helps clear your mind. Did you chuck anything away that you thought meant a lot to you, but then it wasn't so bad once you'd got rid of it?
Many, many things in that category. I think getting older has a lot to do with it. I'm turning 50,
both my parents are gone now, all three of us siblings have health issues, so I'm beginning to see the road
ahead, beginning to get a hint about what it will feel like to be old, and about what might be the end of me. :prude:
Ahh don't say that :( It can be a new beginning.
I'm not anticipating dying anytime soon, just trying to prepare and use the time wisely. :)
That's good!