May 31
Great Questions – Part 5
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All this month, I’ve been posing different questions (inspired by my friend, Amy) to help narrow down your most important memory treasures. I hope you enjoyed these questions. I found them very thought-provoking. Here’s this week’s question:
Think of 5 favorite people in your life; what is a special thing that represents each person for you?
Later this year, I’ll post these questions again and answer them for myself.
Daily Inspiration
I know what things are good: friendship and work and conversation. These I shall have.
Rupert Brooke
Oooh let me think..
Birthday fivers from Ganny
Big soppy embarrassing kisses from Mum
Treats from Other Mum
Massages from Aunty Lou
Parcels from Mr. Postman
Deccy x
Oh, I like this question a lot! I have to ponder this for a while!
I can think of one person but the others may have to be dogs.
Wow, that’s a tough one. I thought I knew right away, but then other people came to mind. I think I would have to include my dogs, too. LOL
It is nice to have one significant item representing the important people; my problem is having several significant items and only limited space in which to keep them!
Very nice…. I am thinking hard. It’s hard to keep just to five of my favorites. (HH, of course, is #1)
Have a great day.
pawhugs, Max
Hmmm, I’m not sure wether to choose my furry children or the human ones 🙂
Lynne x
Oh gosh, what a great question! Let me think ..
My Dad is easy – beetles always remind me of him! He was an amateur entomologist. And I have a number of his ‘beetle’ books, which I do use from time to time.
My Mum .. well, I thought a lot about that last year when she died. I think on the whole, the Singer sewing machine was an iconic thing. She also often used a knitting machine, and a pressure cooker, and of course her nurse’s uniform also defined her to a certain extent. But since I now wear her engagement ring, that has to be my key memory object.
I don’t know about OH. He’s so not a sentimental person and has no particular objects which he treasures for themselves. If I had to pick one which he can hardly bear to be without, it’s a watch I bought him which is solar powered and radio controlled so that it sets the time by itself, very, very accurately.
My Grandmother gave me a marcasite and silver crucifix which I treasured, but I lost it. 🙁
The last person is an ‘aunt’ – a friend of my mother’s. I think my object for her would have to be a letter she wrote me which I would hate to lose.
It’s so hard to think of actual objects. I am very sentimental myself, so I do surround myself with souvenirs – of occasions, of events, of people – but to choose one for one person is hard, and also, of course, memories are so much more complex than that.
My Mom: Giorgio perfume
My Sister A: Cats and the color blue
My Bio Dad: Old spice soap
My Step Dad: Basil and spices
My Best Friend: Piano music
Love the quote. 🙂