Is there something you have that is sentimental

[binny]

yep I save everything like htat too. I have 2 dollar Canadian Bill that was in my dads wallet when he died. No matter how tight things have been I held onto that. and the silver coin that my Grandparents gave me when I graduated.

Lots of my dads clothes, papers, etc.


I save everything too youre not crazy at all

 

[Harambe]

DH saves everything - he has two bureaus in our bedroom, and no clothes in either! I throw everything out and he hates that!!

The one really precious thing I have is my mother's wedding ring. When she went thru her cancer surgery, she developed Lymphodema in her left arm. Her hand swelled up twice the size. She could not wear her original wedding ring and had to buy another, bigger one.

She gave me the original ring. I am the last of four kids, but for some reason she gave it to me. She died when I was only 21, and my brother and sisters picked certain things of hers to have - but the ring is special to me because she picked it for me.

Unfortunately I also had the same cancer surgery, and also developed Lymphodema, but luckily - it is my right arm and hand so I can still wear my wedding ring!!!

 

[bobcat]

While some people would call it being a pack rat I like to call it storing memories. I keep almost everything that has sentimental value and have a really hard time parting with things, but I am getting better.

Last winter I was looking for some favorite books I had as a kid and went through my cedar chest thinking I may have put them in there last time I moved. Boy did I spend an interesting night going through lots of old stuff I didn't remember I had. I laughed and I cried.

I even have a WDW show schedule from December that I found in a coat pocket. I keep thinking I should throw it away but it stays in my coat pocket and everytime I stick my hand in I smile remembering the fun I had.

 

[HoneyPooh]

I have lots of stuff. The most precious are the outfits the kids wore home from the hospital, locks of hair from their first haircuts, their hospital bracelets etc, my mom's teacup collection, my dad's WWII army uniform and medals, and the most precious of all is a videotape my hubby took on Christmas a couple of years before my parents passed away. In the tape they are sitting on my couch and saying "Merry Christmas Lee". My hubby plays if for me every Christmas and I cry and cry but it's wonderful to still have them wish me a merry Christmas.

 

[Penny2]

I, too, have numerous boxes of memories...pictures, scrapbooks, matchbooks, swizzle sticks.....dh swears I'm a closet klepto...I say if the logo is on it and its portable they WANT me to take it as a souvenier. But I digress...I have my wedding dress, the dress my mom wore AND the dress my grammie wore to my wedding all hanging next to each other (in wraps of course). In fact, about two weeks ago I took mine out of its wrapping and tried it on....IT FITS!!! After thirteen years.....of course I'm a fluffy fairy but I think it's great that I haven't gotten any bigger! These and my wedding video and pictures are among my most sacred possesions....so many people in them have gone and its a living link to them!

 

[cgcw]

I have kept everything our kids have ever scribbled on. Each of the boys have a box which sits in their closet. Anything they do goes in the box. When it's full, we put it up in the attic. I hope someday they enjoy going through all their special projects. I know I will.

I have items of my Dad's that I will never get rid of. I have a pair of his favorite shoes -- because no one would ever be able to fill them. It will be 23 years since he passed away next week. I keep them locked up inside of a hope chest a great-uncle sent me for my 16th birthday. Memories from my childhood are locked in there as well. I haven't opened it in a long time -- maybe it's time for a peek. My kids would enjoy seeing my treasures.

Although not more important, I do have a couple of items of true value. My mom gave me her wedding ring. I've never been able to wear it. I thought someday that I'd have a daughter to pass it onto but that won't be the case. Maybe a special granddaughter will enjoy it someday.

I also havea music box which belonged to my grandparents. My dad would tell us stories as kids of how he would crank the handle to make the music play when he was a little boy.

Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

 

[MAC3]

Originally posted by cgcw
I have items of my Dad's that I will never get rid of. I have a pair of his favorite shoes -- because no one would ever be able to fill them.

OMG, Incredible sentiments! We are all a bunch of Marshmallows!

 

[Pin Wizard]

I don't have much since most of it went when my mom died and we sold the house. But I do have some small stuff...concert tickets from when my friend and I saw Springsteen in the 80's. (Too much when she took a wrong turn down a one way street in New York and drove on the sidewalk until she could turn around. A few other small things. But my prized posessions are my husband's wedding band (which I wear all the time), and my Dad's American Legion cap.

 

[monalsw]

i keep everything for a while, then weed it out and pitch that which has lost it's importance! but...a couple of things never leave!

my great aunt gave me her engagement ring when i was about 19, after years of telling me that i would inherit in when she passed away (she didn't have any children). that ring became a source of many arguments, since my grandparents (great aunts brother and sis in law) had used the ring at their wedding ceremony when they couldn't afford their own. they tried several tactics to get it from me, even after great aunt died, but i held firm. long story short, i gained weight, lost weight, the band broke and dh had the diamond remounted in my engagement ring...62 years after the ring was originally bought!

the other thing i have held tight to is a 8" tall stuffed ET. i've had it since the night, 17 years ago, that one of my best friends (and sometimes more, lol) was killed on his motorcycle. i was working 2 jobs at the time and had to get to the second one while they were still working to save him at the hospital. another guy that i worked with at the first job came to the bar i tended at for a second job and stayed until we closed. he won the ET for me in a claw game and i always connect it with the day that i lost a best friend and someone else showed how true their friendship was. i still sleep with ET under my pillow!

so, yeah, we're all sentimental in some way; often the most surprising things become keepsakes!