What personal belongings do you hold most dear?
There are only a few of my personal belongings that I hold dear. The following are the personal belongings I consider myself to hold most dear to my heart.
- A Five shelf light cherry stained shelf unit. You might wonder why I would hold a piece of furniture dear to me. The reason that I hold it dear to me is that my father made it specifically for me. It made it where the shelves are adjustable so I can readjust the space in between each shelf as I deemed necessary. I’ve had books on it, knickknacks, like bird statutes, and later bears (both figurines & stuffed).
- A Singer sewing machine from the late 1960’s and its cabinet. This sewing machine is the one I learned to sew on when I was in Junior High School. I used it to sew all the sewing projects from my home economics class and still use it occasionally to this day.
- Two Minolta XG-7 35 mm cameras. One is mine and one was my dad’s. The Minolta 35 mm camera was my first 35 mm camera. I bought mine when I was in high school. My dad and I took a photography class through adult education at a local high school. We learned how to develop film & had several projects in the class using black and white film.
- The one (actually several) other thing(s) that I hold dear is/are a number of photo albums which contain slides that my dad took throughout our lives. They hold precious memories of vacations and other activities and events we did as a family.
These are things I will not get rid of in my lifetime. My children do not hold these same belongings dear to them. Hence, after I’m gone they will probably toss them out like rubbish. For them these belongings do not hold any special significance or memory like they do for me.
What personal belongings do you hold most dear? I’d be interested to see what y’all hold dear to your heart.
God Bless. Thank you for sharing your time and thoughts with me. I appreciate y’all.
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