In light of the Colorado wildfires I was thinking tonight about what I would put in THE BOX if I had enough time to gather up precious, sentimental valuables.
Actually, I know full well what I’d put in there because I had to do it not that long ago when a cyclone was headed straight for our city.
I put in our passports, a few other important documents, some photos, journals, a box of love notes, and our hard-drives which contain several years worth of photos.
Really, when you boil it right down, most things we have are replaceable.
But then I started thinking about some of the things I have stored up in my parents attic – sentimental things from my childhood.
What if they were to evacuate their home suddenly, with only a short window of time to “rescue” a box or a car load of stuff? They would have no idea the things that I hold dear from my childhood. (Or if they did, there’d be no way they could locate them in time.)
What remains of my childhood in “stuff” form would be gone forever. (Not the end of the world, but sad for a sentimental sap like me.)
One of the things I’ve wanted to do during this time home in Oregon was rumage that attic and see what treasures I left behind 12 years ago when I left and never came back. That was on my list far before I left Australia.
But the fires in Colorado have given me extra incentive.
Now as I go through those few old boxes (there aren’t many – maybe 3 or 4) I will know to sort the fun-sentimental stuff from the important-sentimental stuff (as well as the non-sentimental-just-move-on stuff as well).
My heart and my prayers go to those caught in tragedy in Colorado, all the while my mind goes here:
what’s really important?
STOP.
Q for you: What would you put in your box?
Love,
A
p.s. I’ve been sick. And absent. BOO. 😦 But I’m on the mend now. YAY. 🙂
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