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@imallears
Are you sure that cauldron wasn’t something you cooked I’ll probably always wonder about that. “Or is showing up at the door scary enough? hahaha”
For me or them? Or do you mean you showing up at my door, that probably would be a horrifying experience alright, lol.
Last year I didn’t answer the door. I’m sure the goblins remembered the year before. I got bags and put 20 pieces of candy in them. I got more kids than ever. I don’t mind the little monsters but when adults show up it’s not much, out go the lights. Besides the little ones come early. I use to put out automated monsters and fog machine and witch storing cauldron. A few of the little one cried. Some of my favorite decorations were stolen. It’s not so much the loss of the stuff but the fact I was with my Grandmother when I bought some of it. I’m sentimental and I very few of those memories. When my mom passes 99% of those memories will be gone, as though I never had parents. She remembers virtually everything. It will be like I was 15 again. Back when every memory I had disappeared.
Jake
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@jakeduck
Hi,
People stealing decorations never ceases to amaze me. I’ve kept things from when my children were born and all through school. A few years ago I boxed up some things and gave my son and daughter their memories for my grandchildren. My daughter has these beautiful colored ink drawings of anatomy that my dad did when he was taking night courses while working. My son has my husbands microscope with the glass dome. My dad kept a 5 year diary during the depression in NY. What an amazing narrative.
I passed it on to my son for safekeeping. He wrote in it briefly every day up until he met my mom and then I guess he got too busy to write lol. My daughter gets a couple of my moms jewelry pieces and my granddaughter gets mine. All my parents family are gone of course...there may be far away cousins that I am not aware of.
There are pictures, of course. A long time ago I found very old birth certificates and documents from my great grandparents and was able to identify who was who along with pictures. So I marked each photo and also found my moms visa when she came from Ireland to NJ. She looked like Jean Harlow. I treasure pictures of my brother who died when he was 6 and I was 5.
I have an large amount of mementos from my 4 grandkids and still accumulating. It must be hard to be the last , even when good friends pass on and having a growing and extended family is a blessing. My husband found out that one of his maternal grandfathers wives was 1/4 Cherokee. Don’t remember if there were children.
If I don’t stop reminiscing, the day will never start here in hot sunny FL. And then next time I tell you of the 4 sons my single Uncle sired who we found out existed after he died. Family! Good for the soul the mind and the heart...and lots of laughs.
Regards from FL Mary
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@jakedduck1 It really is hard to lose the things we hold dear because they have sentimental value. I wish we had recorded more about our grandparents, 3 of whom passed away before I and my siblings were born. Now there is no one left from my mother’s generation.
I have some pieces of jewelry that were my mother’s, and a gold bracelet that was my aunt’s. On special occasions like my son’s wedding I wear that jewelry, it’s like I feel they are close to us then.
I agree with you about kids on Halloween. I hate when teenagers come around, no costumes, just wanting candy. My husband and I both feel that the kids have gotten nicer and more respectful than what we were seeing 10 or 15 years ago though.
JK