a boy's life

[joebanks]

At 17 my son has decided to clean out some of the squaler he has been living in these many years. For days junk has been coming down, flooding the living room. He brings it down for me to sort through; what is worth giving away, what is sentimental for us, what maybe should he save to give to his children - not much! We never throw away Lego, it just passes down to the next generation. This is box a cast offs; broken guns, Battle-Bots, strap-on headlight, that ear. Even though it's trash, there is my boys life summed. I have another crate that i think even more represenative of him that i am saving. But either one says the same.

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[rafqa.livejournal.com]

A giant ear! To listen to that strange musical instrument underneath.

My niece has the girl's version of this. A lot of it is still in our house. So much miscellaneous plastic!

[beoj.livejournal.com]

That's what everyone says..So much plastic!

[sahlah.livejournal.com]

Been there - when Brendan left I dusted his room and didn't throw away stuff, but organized it into bins for him to work on later. Unbelievable amounts of plastic crap.

Just like you guys - legos are sacred and are saved.

[nodressrehersal.livejournal.com]

We lost thousands of dollars worth of Legos after our house fire 12 years ago, and my 27 yr. old has never really gotten over that loss. They were covered in toxic soot and we were told there was no way to safely clean them for playing with, so we had to throw them in one of 5 dumpsters that were filled.

I have some bins up in the attic of stuff, some general things like books and stuffed animals, and then some bins with each of their names on it with keepsakes and special things they loved. It's interesting, over time, the little things that have meaning for them. (or not!)

[beoj.livejournal.com]

That's it, this is meanfull, while that is worthless.

[auntysocial.livejournal.com]

That's certainly an admirable step for a young man to take!

His things would go nicely in a sculpture I saw recently--



The artist had people donate the toys to put into the giant baby-shaped receptacle. The piece called "Receptacle" by Joyce Dallal. It's ten feet tall.

[beoj.livejournal.com]

She likely got the idea the same way.

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

That ear really stands out!

It is hard to decide what to keep and what not to. My son brought a bit back when he moved house one time. I did not have the heart to throw most of it out, and some of the stuff I did I regretted, because other family emmbers wanted them! (Like grandchildren).

Yes, we always keep the lego, too, and it has been used my the succeeding generation.

[beoj.livejournal.com]

I know but there is so much trash in his room, we're glad he's finally choosen to clear some of it out.