http://www.greatmombook.com/little-things-mean-a-lot-20.html by Chicken Soup for the Soul contributor Maria Rodgers O'Rourke Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:11:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.greatmombook.com/little-things-mean-a-lot-20.html/comment-page-1#comment-17 Karen Altland Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:43:53 +0000 http://www.greatmombook.com/little-things-mean-a-lot-20.html#comment-17 I can't state a specific time, but one "task" that is often looked on as mundane is dusting (where does it all come from, anyway?). But it actually is an opportunity to be reminded of people, places, and moments in our lives that we often times bury away with all the other data in our hard drives. I collect paperweights, and dusting around them I am reminded that my mother-in-law gave me a paperweight in the shape of a potato sheathed in a potato sack...significant because my ex-husband's family was Irish...and they were always so loving and supportive of me! Cards that I've given my husband have a chance to be re-read (including the messages I've added inside) and are reminders of emotions/feelings that can sometimes be relegated to a lower place on the totem pole due to every day life. Maybe that's why I find it so hard to part with my "stuff"...because I do love the trip down memory lane I take each time I spray a little Pledge on a shelf! I can’t state a specific time, but one “task” that is often looked on as mundane is dusting (where does it all come from, anyway?). But it actually is an opportunity to be reminded of people, places, and moments in our lives that we often times bury away with all the other data in our hard drives. I collect paperweights, and dusting around them I am reminded that my mother-in-law gave me a paperweight in the shape of a potato sheathed in a potato sack…significant because my ex-husband’s family was Irish…and they were always so loving and supportive of me! Cards that I’ve given my husband have a chance to be re-read (including the messages I’ve added inside) and are reminders of emotions/feelings that can sometimes be relegated to a lower place on the totem pole due to every day life. Maybe that’s why I find it so hard to part with my “stuff”…because I do love the trip down memory lane I take each time I spray a little Pledge on a shelf!

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