Hello Arni,
I do recall the paintings of your niece and nephew, and remember how realistic the little details of it were.
I understand the attachment and difficulty in letting go of your personal art, especially having taken it up actively while soul-searching. Each stroke holds a personal memory and emotion, yet you found the power to let them go. Kudos to you. As I've seen mentioned in the comment, at least it's to your dear friends.
I do hope that you'll be able to keep the tools for mini you, as I have no doubt that she'll continue on your creative part (most likely in fashion 😁).
I've come a long way. When I look around me, there is nothing that I would have difficulty letting go of, except a few pieces of jewellery from my dear friend who's no longer with me. My real test will be when I go back to Jamaica and see what I left back in storage. I have a feeling that I'm gonna leave my bedroom empty.
Hi Camille, the upside to it as mentioned by Leaky is being able to see them again during visits. Anais and her friends are heavily using the aquarelle and the colored pencils.
Speaking of fashion, Anais took the muslin cheesecloth that I use for cooking to make clothes. I found her trying to watch youtube to learn patterns. She cried when I couldn't teach her how to actually make dresses. I told her there's a process to that and it takes time and skill to learn. She stitched them by hand but she got frustrated when she couldn't put them on because there were no buttons 😁
Sorting out stuff back home could be daunting. Are they all in one place?
Oh no! I hope Anaïs will continue to enjoy her dressmaking. I did the same till I purchased my first heavy-duty Singer machine. A very heavy one. Hand stitching is nice too, and fashion is so advanced that you no longer need to hem the edges of everything. Youtube heh? That's advanced initiative 😁
Yes, the majority of the stuff is at my mum's house. Anything I have in storage with my girlfriend have eluded my memory so I no longer count them. There's really no point in keep all those things. I do have a little diary left in Jamaica, that I would love to go back and read my personal letters to myself, to see how much I ave changed, and which goals and aspirations became real, and which ones I'll think WTF? My mum messaged me recently to ask me if I needed her to go through any of my logs for her to scan for me...I quickly told her not at all 🤣
Oh my, diaries left behind should be retrieved. I hope you hid them well haha. Teenage rants and venting out filled mine and my Mom read them when she decluttered. Yearbook messages would have been nice to re-visit again as well.
My mum is very noisy, so I'm sure she probably read them 😆
Yeah, a yearbook would be nice. However, I have no recollection of where I know a lot of persons on my FB friends. People grow and look completely different 🤣 and it's years that I haven't seen many of them.
What is it with nosy Moms? 😄 Maybe I'll be one to Anais who knows 🙈
Oh yes, everyone turned out to be different as we all aged and grew. Do you still remember how you looked in the school yearbook photo? And did you have that small description there of what you were like back then?
The one that I was able to salvage was a small notebook with messages from former classmates with wishes and their thoughts. Although we don't have contact with most of them anymore, it offers a glimpse of ourselves way back.
No, I don't think I have a yearbook. I recall a yearbook for my eldest sister, and I don't think the school got around to doing mine. It will be interesting what I find though. So many have passed away, even in recent years, that it might be an emotional experience revisiting those things.
I am in contact with only 2 former classmates and we communicate every few years.
I do like to read the wishes in cards from my former work colleagues though. They knew me well and accepted me for who I was, so their messages were real and reflected the authentic me then:)
It's true though, aaaah we've come to that age.😱
Hearing former colleagues' thoughts offers an authentic perspective and accurate feedback.
After almost 2 decades, in a group chat with former design firm co-workers, I recently found out that I had a habit of dropping in to assign tasks for them to do 15 minutes before lunch and I had no idea. So that explained why their desks were empty around that time haha..