Tina Larson

It felt good today to empty a box. not just any box, but a big Christmas box that my dad built before I was born. My mom died 10 years ago and this year I felt I could part from the ornaments that must have meant something to her. She collected Hallmarks every year and other little cute ornaments. I couldn't bear to get rid of them. Today, I could. I went through the box with the help of my daughter. We looked at each piece and decided if it was important to us or not. I now have a half full garbage bag of Goodwill items and a garbage bags half full of old meaningless and broken items. It felt good to have an empty box. It turned out I needed only about a dozen of those old ornaments. I am happy with that. It brought pleasure to both of us to see the things in the box and to be able to say, someone else might like this or that. Thanks for the little push it took to get that done.