Don’t mind me, I’m just cleaning out my draft folder here. I found this one from January of 2016, with some photos of a few sentimental Items I was saying goodbye to., Marie Kondo-style. Just for funsies, I’m sharing them with you.

The first one is a t-shirt my sister bought for me when I was pregnant with my firstborn. It’s an infant sized shirt that says “I was worth the wait.” I remember bursting into tears when I first saw it.  See, my husband and I were unable to conceive for many years, but after a successful surgery in that sixth year, I was finally pregnant with a son. That son will be 16 years old in a few months and I still believe he was worth the wait.

This second photo is of a raggedy stuffed teddy bear that I had affectionately named Elizabeth. This is a stuffed toy I loved on for many years when I was a child and I have no idea where I got her from.  I had dressed her in this adorable dress adorned with white lace and blue puppies. Why I had waited until well into my 30s to get rid of her, I’ll never understand, but I remember it being quite a difficult decision. Probably because it truly felt like saying goodbye to a childhood friend. I certainly don’t miss her anymore, but it’s still fun looking back.

And the last photo, for your viewing pleasure, is of a plate I made in preschool. The kind you draw on a paper circle and they somehow transfer it to a plastic plate. I don’t know how that process worked, but I remember drawing the picture.  A hideous picture of three trees of varying colors, a bright shining yellow sun high above, and a stick person with a big smile and long legs coming out of her head (presumably yours truly) off to the side. My first name and last initial, with a backwards ‘Y”, scrawled underneath. I held on to this plate for as long as I could, until it was accidentally used in the microwave (if you look closely you can see the bubbles). We have a friend who once dubbed it the “pēnī plate” (he didn’t think they looked like trees), and the name survived for many years but unfortunately the plate itself did not.

So that’s all for today. I have a post about house flooding I still have swirling around in my head and hope to get that written and posted soon. I am having a chill day and am looking forward to the new year, as I hope you are too!