Memories of yesterday make me smile today.
It's funny I have this box of memories - old pictures, letters and well..... things. A while ago I read a friends blog of how they wish they had some items that they used to doodle on letters and such. So for their birthday I scanned in some of those from this box. I sent them via e-mail. I don't know if my effort was appreciated or not but it made me open this box full of memories.

You have to understand this box has been with me since childhood. It's crazy some of the things I felt were important enough for me to keep. I guess the crazy thing is I still can't bring myself to get rid of any of it. When I dragged it out for the e-mail that day, I just quickly went through found some items that I thought would be fun to send. But when I was putting the items back in the box I remember thinking, wow this stuff is old and silly to keep. I haven't looked at it in over a million years! It didn't seem that important to me anymore. Then I started really looking through it. It was at that point I realized this box was important as those same silly items, pictures, letters and drawings is part of my past. All these people helped create the person I am today. There are letters and pictures of people in that box that I forgot all about and now I still have something to remind me. I don't want to forget them, they are a part of me, a part of who I am. They are worth the space in my closet as well the space in my heart.

REMBER YOUR PAST, CHERISH THE PRESENT, CREATE YOUR FUTURE WITH LOVE