Sunday, July 6, 2008

This is... my most treasured childhood possession

I had to really think about "this is..." this week. My favourite childhood possession? I really don't have much left from my childhood - my whole life and I travelled 3500 km with two suitcases, and most of that life included clothes, blankets and my still-to-be-completed statistics exam for my honours degree. The rest is probably still in mum and dad's spare room. Maybe I'm not much of a possessions person. Or maybe I am and I just don't know how to look after things.

Besides a 27 year old purse which holds our toll and parking money in the car, and my Sindy doll - now only a head due to her rotting torso (I'm not too sure the humidity was good for her) - this is probably the thing that I hold dearest to me from my childhood.

This is... my most treasured childhood possession

My memories of getting it are extremely fuzzy and mum or dad could tell the story better I'm sure. But what I recall is being really very sick in Caloundra on holidays. And there was a chemist we went to and mum or dad bought this brooch for me. I think I was three or four. Of course, this story could be completely false due to being a toddler and being sick and having an overly active imagination. It's now chipped and very battered. It probably will never be worn due to a very dodgy clip. But it's still mine and it's lovely.

Thank you so much Danielle and Angela.

7 comments:

  1. What a sweet little brooch...and a great memory.

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  2. Such a lovely brooch - don't worry about the accuracy of the memories!

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  3. how lovely. It's a gorgeous, delicate trinket to still have from childhood.

    I'm contemplating this subject and have come up empty.

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  4. I had a similar brooch when I was a kid.

    I love how a lot of the treasured objects are actually about the memories of FEELINGS we had of being loved and nurtured.

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  5. I'm not too sentimental about my own childhood. I don't know what I'd pick if I were playing along with this. I'm very sentimental about my children's childhoods, though, with boxes stuffed with all sorts of things that are meaningful to me and hopefully, one day, will be meaningful to them, too.

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  6. That brooch is gorgeous. I'd still be wearing it. Love the accompanying story.

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  7. That's a beautiful brooch. I'm sure I had something similar but who knows where it ended up. I love how your parents bought it for you when you were sick. They obviously knew what would cheer you up :)

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