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Dakku · 29th Mar 2009, 04:26 AM

So, I was wondering if anyone here had anything that they just happen to love having with them as much as possible?
Something, perhaps, that was from childhood, from a friend they no longer keep in contact with, or even from someone who's passed on?

I just started thinking about it when I was sitting playing with my cats old collar there. (I've not been able to put it down since Thursday (.-. She was put down.))
Then I started to think about my blanket, which had been my grandmothers AND my mothers baby blanket. And then again about Brock, my plush tiger that I haven't let leave my room since before I was able to talk. (Shockingly, he's not named after the Pokemon dude. xD; )

So, do you?

**Maddy** · 29th Mar 2009, 04:30 AM

About a month ago, I moved out of home to live on campus at university. Among the things I brought with me were:
-A letter from my best childhood friend
-My baby blanket
-Another blanket I've had for years
-A teddy bear I've had since I was 9 and that turned out to be a pride bear
-Another teddy bear I bought in year 10 and have slept with most nights since then
-Several of my favourite books from when I was a kid

So, yeah, I do xD

Dakku · 29th Mar 2009, 04:34 AM

!!! I so did not just squeel over how cute that is! xD;;
.. Childhood books are just the best thing ever. ]: My mom and me brought a bunch down from the attic not long ago, and they're all on my bookshelves now.

Jennn · 29th Mar 2009, 04:34 AM

I have plenty of things- perhaps not things I'd carry around with me everywhere, but I have a whole 'memory box' full of ridiculous things that anyone else probably would have thrown away.

Dakku · 29th Mar 2009, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Jennn

I have plenty of things- perhaps not things I'd carry around with me everywhere, but I have a whole 'memory box' full of ridiculous things that anyone else probably would have thrown away.

... You'd be shocked by the memory box my mom keeps for me. It has my first toenail clippings in a little jar. D: Damn, it even has my umbilical cord (EWEW.) in a glass jar. ]:
But yeah, a lot of people keep boxes like that.

**Maddy** · 29th Mar 2009, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Dakku

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Originally Posted by Jennn

I have plenty of things- perhaps not things I'd carry around with me everywhere, but I have a whole 'memory box' full of ridiculous things that anyone else probably would have thrown away.

... You'd be shocked by the memory box my mom keeps for me. It has my first toenail clippings in a little jar. D: Damn, it even has my umbilical cord (EWEW.) in a glass jar. ]:
But yeah, a lot of people keep boxes like that.

...Ew. I have one of my baby curls (my hair straightened out when I was about 2, and this is apparently "my last curl"), and things like my first pair of shoes, but the umbilical cord is taking it a little too far.

And childhood books are brilliant. I'm studying a unit about children's literature at the moment, but a lot of what I have here (half a dozen books or so) are just for comfort rather than study. The Baby-Sitters Club books were my childhood, and they're my ultimate comfort if I'm miserable and just need something happy and familiar.

Dakku · 29th Mar 2009, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Dakku

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Originally Posted by Jennn

I have plenty of things- perhaps not things I'd carry around with me everywhere, but I have a whole 'memory box' full of ridiculous things that anyone else probably would have thrown away.

... You'd be shocked by the memory box my mom keeps for me. It has my first toenail clippings in a little jar. D: Damn, it even has my umbilical cord (EWEW.) in a glass jar. ]:
But yeah, a lot of people keep boxes like that.

...Ew. I have one of my baby curls (my hair straightened out when I was about 2, and this is apparently "my last curl"), and things like my first pair of shoes, but the umbilical cord is taking it a little too far.

And childhood books are brilliant. I'm studying a unit about children's literature at the moment, but a lot of what I have here (half a dozen books or so) are just for comfort rather than study. The Baby-Sitters Club books were my childhood, and they're my ultimate comfort if I'm miserable and just need something happy and familiar.

xD;; It is taking it a BIT far, I know. But my mom's one of those kinda... overly hippy types who thinks that it's some sort of magical bond, and so long as it's kept, I'll be closer to her.
o-o;; I was doing a class at college that entailed us using children's illustrators as a base for some pictures we were drawing/painting/etc. xD;

pirateninja · 29th Mar 2009, 05:09 AM

Well, as I've basically moved practically all my stuff from my dad's house to my mom's, I've learnt what is really special to me and what isn't.

I mean, I have these really tatty wooden bookends with a train on them, but my late grandfather made them up to be the Hogwarts Express from when I was obsessed with Harry Potter. And as tatty and lame they may be, I cannot imagine parting with them.

There are also some clay figures that me and him made together; one in particular was a hamster made with an orangey brown clay. Me and him made it together after my first hamster, Rodney, had been put down. Me and Grandad made it together and he fired it and painted it

Also, because we were moving some of mom's old stuff that she had left before she moved out, we found a load of stuff from their wedding, even the lined sheets where she wrote out all the wedding plans. It was quite fun to see "Location - St Chad's Church, Reception - PP Hotel, Camera - Jim, Video - Dad, Bridesmaids - Di, Annie, Helen etc"

Katherine · 29th Mar 2009, 06:36 AM

I still have all my old childhood books on my bookshelves. And there are lots of other things, like this gold ring I have that my mom gave me when I turned 13. I'm always wearing it (I NEVER take it off) and have decided that if I have a daughter someday I'm going to pass it down to her. And I have lots of my old drawings from like kindergarten that I could never throw away. And video games that I used to play with my brother when we were little...I could never, ever get rid of those....

I'm just sort of a very sentimental person, I guess.

Now I'm feeling all nostalgic....

Mickey · 29th Mar 2009, 10:42 AM

First,I'm sorry you lost your cat. I know it's hard.
My mom is the packrat of all packrats! She keeps mostly EVERYTHING,from Christmas stuff to a 5 dollar bill she found in my Grandmother's book,after she passed away.
While I'm sentimental,I don't have a lot of room to keep things. I do have a blanket my other Grandmother made. It's on my bed right now and I will keep it,for life.

Bryan44 · 29th Mar 2009, 10:46 AM

I have like this obsession that everything someone gives me will mean something to me, so I keep everything. I can never seem to get rid of anything that I receive from someone else. And most of it is in my closet or in storage.

Just Adam · 29th Mar 2009, 10:56 AM

whenever i go to the beach i bring back some pretty stones and shells and keep them

its silly i know but its a memento of my trip

Thisisnew · 29th Mar 2009, 11:03 AM

My pogs from when I was little but I lost all the slammers and a small plastic horse I used to bring to 1st grade.

Just Adam · 29th Mar 2009, 11:05 AM

pogs

i still got mine somewhere loads of them hehe i miss pogs i want them brought back i remember one of the happyest things was going into the shop and opening that packet seeing all the shiny pics of pog i have metal slammers hehe nija stars and saw blades glad i got them before they were banned

ahh memorys

beckyg · 29th Mar 2009, 11:58 AM

I have some green jelly beans given to me by one of my favorite teachers in high school. They are 29 years old. lol I'm surprised I didn't eat them because I LOVE jelly beans!

Just Adam · 29th Mar 2009, 12:01 PM

i love jelly beans

29th Mar 2009, 12:04 PM

Nothing. I could leave all my sentimental valuables behind very easily. I don't attach myself to them. Nor do I like my 'baby' blankets, tore the teddy bears up, and there's not much else. I am a super neat freak and if something in my room doesn't serve a purpose it's tossed, sold, or destroyed.

Janvier · 29th Mar 2009, 12:29 PM

I have a picture of me as a baby in my mother's arms and a little yellow plush duck, my first toy.

**Eleanor Rigby** · 29th Mar 2009, 12:43 PM

I have a teddy rabbit that my mother knitted for me when I was a baby
I have my husband chain around my neck from the day he gave it to me (8 years ago)
I have in a boxes all the letters my best friend ever send me and the book he gave me when we were 14, and the last christmas present I bought him and never had a chance to gave him.

tm74 · 29th Mar 2009, 01:32 PM

My childhood teddy bear, is sat on top of the chest of drawers next to my bed...

29th Mar 2009, 04:26 AM	#1
Dakku Whatever it is that makes you you. Regular Member Gender: Must we go into that?! Orientation: Little bit of this and that. Out Status: It's pretty darn out there if you look. Location: Jupiter. Age: 21 Posts: 38 Join Date: Feb 2009	Silly little sentimental things. So, I was wondering if anyone here had anything that they just happen to love having with them as much as possible? Something, perhaps, that was from childhood, from a friend they no longer keep in contact with, or even from someone who's passed on? I just started thinking about it when I was sitting playing with my cats old collar there. (I've not been able to put it down since Thursday (.-. She was put down.)) Then I started to think about my blanket, which had been my grandmothers AND my mothers baby blanket. And then again about Brock, my plush tiger that I haven't let leave my room since before I was able to talk. (Shockingly, he's not named after the Pokemon dude. xD; ) So, do you? __________________ You can spend a lifetime knowing who you are and being in denial about it. No one should hate themselves enough to do that.

29th Mar 2009, 04:30 AM	#2
Maddy Free Hugs EC Admin Gender: - Orientation: Into girls Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 7,704 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: Silly little sentimental things. About a month ago, I moved out of home to live on campus at university. Among the things I brought with me were: -A letter from my best childhood friend -My baby blanket -Another blanket I've had for years -A teddy bear I've had since I was 9 and that turned out to be a pride bear -Another teddy bear I bought in year 10 and have slept with most nights since then -Several of my favourite books from when I was a kid So, yeah, I do xD __________________ how strange it is to be anything at all [Victor] 2:09 pm: and then halloween happened and I was outside in a skirt.

29th Mar 2009, 04:34 AM	#3
Dakku Whatever it is that makes you you. Regular Member Gender: Must we go into that?! Orientation: Little bit of this and that. Out Status: It's pretty darn out there if you look. Location: Jupiter. Age: 21 Posts: 38 Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: Silly little sentimental things. !!! I so did not just squeel over how cute that is! xD;; .. Childhood books are just the best thing ever. ]: My mom and me brought a bunch down from the attic not long ago, and they're all on my bookshelves now. __________________ You can spend a lifetime knowing who you are and being in denial about it. No one should hate themselves enough to do that.

29th Mar 2009, 04:34 AM	#4
Jennn . Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Gay Out Status: The closet wouldn't take me back if I wanted it to Location: Wolver'ampton. Dreadful place. Age: 21 Posts: 248 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Silly little sentimental things. I have plenty of things- perhaps not things I'd carry around with me everywhere, but I have a whole 'memory box' full of ridiculous things that anyone else probably would have thrown away.

29th Mar 2009, 05:09 AM	#8
pirateninja EC's Sailor Uranus Full Member Gender: Biologically Female Orientation: Heterosexually Challenged Out Status: Most people Location: Bath, England Age: 21 Posts: 5,853 Join Date: Sep 2007	Re: Silly little sentimental things. Well, as I've basically moved practically all my stuff from my dad's house to my mom's, I've learnt what is really special to me and what isn't. I mean, I have these really tatty wooden bookends with a train on them, but my late grandfather made them up to be the Hogwarts Express from when I was obsessed with Harry Potter. And as tatty and lame they may be, I cannot imagine parting with them. There are also some clay figures that me and him made together; one in particular was a hamster made with an orangey brown clay. Me and him made it together after my first hamster, Rodney, had been put down. Me and Grandad made it together and he fired it and painted it Also, because we were moving some of mom's old stuff that she had left before she moved out, we found a load of stuff from their wedding, even the lined sheets where she wrote out all the wedding plans. It was quite fun to see "Location - St Chad's Church, Reception - PP Hotel, Camera - Jim, Video - Dad, Bridesmaids - Di, Annie, Helen etc" __________________ Holly the Pirateninja Ars Longa, Vita Brevis.

29th Mar 2009, 06:36 AM	#9
Katherine Professional Cuddler Full Member Gender: 75% female Orientation: 110% gay Out Status: 98% out Location: The land of rednecks and pine trees (Georgia) Age: 19 Posts: 1,745 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Silly little sentimental things. I still have all my old childhood books on my bookshelves. And there are lots of other things, like this gold ring I have that my mom gave me when I turned 13. I'm always wearing it (I NEVER take it off) and have decided that if I have a daughter someday I'm going to pass it down to her. And I have lots of my old drawings from like kindergarten that I could never throw away. And video games that I used to play with my brother when we were little...I could never, ever get rid of those.... I'm just sort of a very sentimental person, I guess. Now I'm feeling all nostalgic.... __________________ Overly emotional five-foot-tall vegetarian gamer girl who procrastinates way too much. Loves food, art, cats, and making people smile.

29th Mar 2009, 10:42 AM	#10
Mickey Older and bolder! Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Massachusetts Age: 50 Posts: 1,775 Join Date: Aug 2008	Re: Silly little sentimental things. First,I'm sorry you lost your cat. I know it's hard. My mom is the packrat of all packrats! She keeps mostly EVERYTHING,from Christmas stuff to a 5 dollar bill she found in my Grandmother's book,after she passed away. While I'm sentimental,I don't have a lot of room to keep things. I do have a blanket my other Grandmother made. It's on my bed right now and I will keep it,for life. __________________ We don't choose to be gay...we're CHOSEN!

29th Mar 2009, 10:46 AM	#11
Bryan44 Dork Full Member Gender: Male Location: Georgia (the state) Posts: 2,065 Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: Silly little sentimental things. I have like this obsession that everything someone gives me will mean something to me, so I keep everything. I can never seem to get rid of anything that I receive from someone else. And most of it is in my closet or in storage.

29th Mar 2009, 10:56 AM	#12
Just Adam Just passing through Full Member Gender: Something Orientation: Dunno Out Status: If they ask i will tell them Location: Wherever Age: 23 Posts: 6,002 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Silly little sentimental things. whenever i go to the beach i bring back some pretty stones and shells and keep them its silly i know but its a memento of my trip __________________ There Used To Be A Point Of Things.

29th Mar 2009, 11:03 AM	#13
Thisisnew EC Addict Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: All lesbian all the time!! Out Status: I...I guess it runs in the family! =] Location: NY Age: 20 Posts: 1,302 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Silly little sentimental things. My pogs from when I was little but I lost all the slammers and a small plastic horse I used to bring to 1st grade. __________________ Thank god for ipods and gays!

29th Mar 2009, 11:05 AM	#14
Just Adam Just passing through Full Member Gender: Something Orientation: Dunno Out Status: If they ask i will tell them Location: Wherever Age: 23 Posts: 6,002 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Silly little sentimental things. pogs i still got mine somewhere loads of them hehe i miss pogs i want them brought back i remember one of the happyest things was going into the shop and opening that packet seeing all the shiny pics of pog i have metal slammers hehe nija stars and saw blades glad i got them before they were banned ahh memorys __________________ There Used To Be A Point Of Things.

29th Mar 2009, 11:58 AM	#15
beckyg PFLAG Mom Community Liaison Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out to everyone/Yes, parents come out too! Location: Middle of Oregon Age: 50 Posts: 7,572 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: Silly little sentimental things. I have some green jelly beans given to me by one of my favorite teachers in high school. They are 29 years old. lol I'm surprised I didn't eat them because I LOVE jelly beans! __________________ "When we're free to love anyone we choose, When this worlds big enough for all different views, When we're all free to worship from our own kind of pew, Then we shall be free" ~ Garth Brooks

29th Mar 2009, 12:01 PM	#16
Just Adam Just passing through Full Member Gender: Something Orientation: Dunno Out Status: If they ask i will tell them Location: Wherever Age: 23 Posts: 6,002 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Silly little sentimental things. i love jelly beans __________________ There Used To Be A Point Of Things.

29th Mar 2009, 12:04 PM	#17
The Enigma Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Silly little sentimental things. Nothing. I could leave all my sentimental valuables behind very easily. I don't attach myself to them. Nor do I like my 'baby' blankets, tore the teddy bears up, and there's not much else. I am a super neat freak and if something in my room doesn't serve a purpose it's tossed, sold, or destroyed.

29th Mar 2009, 12:29 PM	#18
Janvier يَناير Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: France Age: 22 Posts: 849 Join Date: Aug 2008	Re: Silly little sentimental things. I have a picture of me as a baby in my mother's arms and a little yellow plush duck, my first toy. __________________ Uncertainty excites me.

29th Mar 2009, 12:43 PM	#19
Eleanor Rigby Filip's sidekick EC Advisor Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out as straight ally Location: France Age: 32 Posts: 5,400 Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: Silly little sentimental things. I have a teddy rabbit that my mother knitted for me when I was a baby I have my husband chain around my neck from the day he gave it to me (8 years ago) I have in a boxes all the letters my best friend ever send me and the book he gave me when we were 14, and the last christmas present I bought him and never had a chance to gave him.

29th Mar 2009, 01:32 PM	#20
tm74 Hug Whore Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: no immediate family - pretty much everyone else Location: Wales, UK Age: 38 Posts: 415 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: Silly little sentimental things. My childhood teddy bear, is sat on top of the chest of drawers next to my bed... __________________ "Free your secrets to free yourself"

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