Do you keep this treasure box?
By steney
@steney (1418)
Philippines
April 8, 2007 1:57pm CST
I'm a die-hard sentimental person who keeps anything and everything that is memorable to me. It can be a restaurant napkin, leaflet or brochure from a certain place, a receipt from a memorable purchase (who can get more sentimental than this?!), notes not necessarily written on paper, etcetera. I end up having all these stuff in boxes, the oldest items from my high school days. Whenever I'm in my 'senti' mood, I open a box and I'm zapped back to the past. Some stuff makes me smile, others make me laugh, and then there are those that makes me teary-eyed. I consider these things my treasure. Nothing can replace the memories that I am reminded of when I look at them. Do you also keep your own sentimental treasure box?
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4 responses
@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
8 Apr 07
i keep somethings,but i'm not a real big pack rat...have a few letters from my grandparents that i'm very thank-ful i kept...i collect those squished pennies from places we visit...but most of my memories are in my head
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
8 Apr 07
i do collect stuffs from places i go to. it's nice to take some memories with you. mostly, i take pictures of it. it's nice to look at them most of the time.
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@gwenmari1029 (1481)
• Philippines
5 Jun 07
it's more of a photobox for me where i put most of my memorabilia. i too loves to keep simple things (junk for some) that makes me remember a certain place or a person who i am with. most items in my box are letters coming from friends, cousins, suitors (yes, i keep every single letter from them ;).
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
8 Apr 07
i do that, too. my boyfriend is amazed on how i value every small things there are. like when we eat out, the tickets to some flights we've been to... etc.
i also have lots of letters compiled. letters which i received from friends while we were still in gradschool up to now. letters which i received from friends through regular posts. and i love reading them one by one now. like reminiscing the past.
i also have lots of small figurines given to me and i have kept them all these years. it's nice to look at them from time to time and remember to whom you received it from.
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@steney (1418)
• Philippines
10 Apr 07
It's amazing how sentimental people like us accumulate a lot of things over the years. :) Yeah, I forgot tickets too and even the menu brochure on the plane, I kept them all. I've always wanted to do a scrapbook out of them but haven't really gotten the time. Hope one day I can sit down and organize all of them.
@cheching (53)
• Philippines
18 Apr 07
i do have a treasure box. in this box, i put all the memories me and my boyfriend shared together like a movie ticket,restaurant receipt, letters, boxes/packages of stuffs he has given me, and even a paper airplane he made just for me. when my boyfriend saw this box he was so touched because i value our relationship so much that i keep even the small memorable things in a box. every anniversary we both look at the things in the box and remember all the memories we had shared together. and after we have done that, i think, our relationship has grown even stronger.
