The memories of my sister and brother are also in full bloom in my heart and mind as I rummage through boxes to sort, sell and throw away. Stuff! It's all stuff. Big and small. But it's dialogue, and smiles, and tears, and hearty laughter that I hear in my head with each picture or card that I come across. I have blessed.
I have lived the fullest life that one can live due to the relationships I have been blessed to maintain in these fifty years.
My children have been blessed too. I hope they will remember how much they have been loved as I reminisce and let go of their childhood toys, books, knick knacks and such. They have let go of it (obviously, it's in the garage in boxes) and so now I need to as well. But thank God for the memories.
Don't you think music and fragrances are two of the greatest memory awakeners? A certain smell will take me right back to the place where I first enjoyed and took in the scent. And certainly every song ever listened to in my youth upon hearing, will transport me back to the place I heard it, memorized it, took it in, and made the lyrics and sound my own.
Yep. It's gonna be a good garage sale tomorrow. Time to open my hands to the new wonders of God waiting down the trail and let stuff go again.
I am thankful for the ability to let go and understand that the best is yet to come.
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