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November 28, 2006
Remembrance of Toys Past
We spent Thanksgiving with Tim's family this year. Thursday was the big family celebration (over thirty people), and Friday was our tour of duty, visiting all the fun people we didn't get to see on Thanksgiving day itself.
There was a big surprise at Aunt Martha's house. When Tim's mom died about ten years back, and his dad moved back in with his own mother, much of the household stuff was thrown away. Unknown to us, Aunt Martha rescued some boxes of Tim's childhood toys, and kept them all these years.
I felt like I had been transported back into little Timmy's world.
"Only the opener of Tutenkamen's tomb would know how she felt.”--Amelie
First, we dug through his key chain collection. He had everything from dinosaurs to Rubix cubes to Snoopy and Smurfs.
Then we found other treasures, like
A bit before my time, his Riviton set. My reaction, "What? It doesn't need batteries?!?"
And the most special thing, Tim's baby blanket, quilted by his Aunt Helen and embroidered by his mom.
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WOw! That is so cool! And how special to find the baby quilt. I loved the Little People. You could probably get serious money for them now.
p.s. I like your shirt! It's really pretty.
Posted by: Jeannette at November 28, 2006 1:09 PM
WOW! I'm all teary eyed just looking at all that stuff -- what a wonderful treasure! It's amazing how the little things in life come to mean so much... you should see the trunk of stuff I'm saving for my girls!! Or should I say TRUNKS-- one for Megan and one for Kayla too... they'll either think I was crazy when they grow up or thank me for eternity!!
Posted by: earthgirl at November 29, 2006 9:19 AM