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In between the card making, listening to music and surfing the internet, I’ve also started cleaning house. I’m not talking about just the vacuuming or dusting, I’m talking total cleaning house. I’m opening drawers and cabinets that may not have been opened for an entire year… or two. I know the stuff that is in there, mostly paper and other junk I thought I would need again some day, but I’ve decided to sort through everything that is in there and start afresh.
And the books… just unbelievable. Behind every nook and cranny I find books. I might just try and sell a few via eBay or something, or just donate them to my local library. First I need to sort through them though, I think I have nearly a hundred books. I’ll keep the medical novels and thrillers and series and such, but I’ll get rid of the other ones. A lot of them are from when I was a kid and used to belong to my mother. Some I’ve read, some I don’t care for… but they were my mom’s and those are just memories you want to keep. Something that belonged to your mother.
But I’ve also learned that while yes, they’re memories, the ones you actually like will have more meaning. My mom and I were both horror fanatics, and obviously I still am, so I will definitely keep the scary books. That is the way I’ll remember my mother.