............. Reflection..................

I spent the bulk of my day today re-arranging

and organizing my sons room.

Hard to believe how much he has grown and outgrown things.

How much he has changed .

What he likes and doesn't like now.

In one corner of his room

two boxes have been sitting for some time now.

When I found out I was pregnant my husband went into

overdrive insisting that we needed to move.

We packed a lot of things up in order to make the

house less personal for staging.

We had to abandon the moving idea

when my husband lost his job.

Things happen for a reason

If we had moved first we probably would be in serious trouble now.

Today I decided those two boxes needed to be unpacked.

Inside were various craft and scrapbook items

and all the photographs I had ever taken.

From my middle school years all the way to college graduation.

Letters from relatives and from every boyfriend I'd ever had.

Even a few journals.

I decided now was the time to go through this stuff and decide what

Goes or Stays.

It was tearful,funny,and moving to go through all these memories.

The thoughts I had been having earlier in the day

about my son

were now applied to me.

To see how much I have changed

How much I've grown

Times when I was

happy

sad

deliriously in love

silly

confused

aware

and

grateful.

Sends the mind spinning when you do something like this.

Are you where you thought you would be at this point

in your life?

Are you with the person you thought you would be with?

Looking at your parents when they were the age you are now.

Are the people you called friends still around?

Today was a good day.

So my last question to you all is

What do you think about keeping the old love letters?

Do you still have yours?

I've kept mine because these people were an important part of my life

in the aspect that they helped make me who

I am in some ways.

How I want to be treated

How I should treat others

Learned from my mistakes

Made me a stronger individual

instead of someones shadow.

Drop me a comment to let me know how you feel or if you still have

yours.

Happy Weekend to you all.