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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[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.