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- WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- FOUND FORTUNE COOKIE MESSAGE OF THE DAY
- TEA???
- FOUND PHOTO OF THE WEEK: MAYBE PARTYING WILL HELP
- GIMME 5 REASONS
- LEAD
- FIXED THE TV
- CAT OUT OF FOOD?
- FOUND PHOTO OF THE WEEK: PARTY 'TIL THE WORLD OBEYS!
- I LOVE YOU MUMMY
- SEE YOU LATER
- FOUND POEM OF THE WEEK
- BE HAPPY THERE'S HOPE FOR TREES
- FRENCH SMUT
- I'M ON THE GUEST LIST
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- HECKLER OF THE MONTH
- FAKING IT?
- BEST RESULTS/HOLD UP BUTTON
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3 comments:
It's possible that the kid lost it before it was given to the mummy or the mummy lost it after the fact, but
for someone like myself who is overly sentimental about keeping little notes, birthday cards(handmade ones mostly)loveletters and other objects of remembrance, it's hard to come to terms with the notion that someone would throw out something like that; although I'm constantly suprised at what people do throw away.
as a mum i gotta say, if i kept everything my kids drew for me i would have little room for anything else in my home.my kids do alot of artwork.i am a total pack rat and have literally boxes, and boxes of my kids artwork,cards,and letters.i have it sticky tacked to the walls,up on the fridge,framed,and i even have duotangs of their artwork on the coffee table for guests to look at. i throw away at least half, although i usually ask them first. it's not because i dont love everything they do...it's just that there's too much of it.
This is what I like about found objects they create speculations about their origins, that reveal something of ourselves; if I spent time making a hand-made birthday card for a friend, and a week later saw it in their recycling box....it would sting a little, but it's not going to mean the end of the friendship or a weekly trip to the analyst...but for a child experiecing the same thing it could be a whole different story...unfortunatly some parents have a callous disregard for their children's achievements or else a misplaced enthusiasm for something the child has no interest in pursuing...it would seem 'anonymous' that you have the sensible and compassionate approach..of coarse it's not practical to keep everything and I hope you don't think I was insinuating that any mothers who don't are bad people.
The reason I keep so much crap is because a friend and I made a pact that we would write each others biographies, if we both lived to be 70... it's all the aggrandizement of the self(as per usual)
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