Bookmark of My Youth
By Thelma
@thelme55 (79323)
Germany
February 25, 2021 9:18am CST
I was organizing my boxes full of collected writings, cards, postcards, journal notebooks and other things that I thought I could use later. I have to throw some of the things that I think are no longer of use for me.
Suddenly, I saw my old college bookmark with " The Weather is terrible. It reminds me of you." I was very happy.
This bookmark reminded me of younger self always borrowing books in the library. If this bookmark could speak, it tells me what books I have read in those years and how happy, excited or sad I was reading in my corner of the world. I could still remember those moments when I was hooked reading The Devil's Advocate novel of Morris West.
Do you still have an old bookmark that reminded you of your youth? What books have you read with your bookmark?
Thank you for reading. Have a wonderful day/evening to you all.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
25 Feb 21
wow how many miles has that bookmark traveled with you?
very cool!
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@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
25 Feb 21
I think more or less 100 thousand miles. It traveled (flights as well) many countries already, back and forth. Thank you @DocAndersen.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
25 Feb 21
@thelme55 that is a really cool keepsake!
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@LindaOHio (222527)
• United States
25 Feb 21
No, I don't have any old bookmarks; and I've read hundreds of books in my lifetime. I'll always remember The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (I think).
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@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
25 Feb 21
I don’t think I have read The Jungle.
What did you use as a bookmark?
Thank you @LindaOHio.
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@LindaOHio (222527)
• United States
26 Feb 21
@thelme55 That was decades ago. I might have used a slip of paper for a bookmark. I don't remember.
@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
26 Feb 21
Yes, it was thoroughly used @allknowing. Maybe that is why I don't use it anymore and just keep it in the box. Thank you.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
27 Feb 21
@thelme55 That surely would bring memories
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
25 Feb 21
That's a cute bookmark. I do not have a bookmark but I have a ruler from many years ago. It has my name on it. I think it was bought for me when I was very young, maybe age 2 or so.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
26 Feb 21
@thelme55 Thank You! Yes, I was happy when I found it again. I also have a plaque from my days in kindergarten. It has my name on it also.
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@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
27 Feb 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum That is good to hear. I still have things from my baby boy like the first cut hair.
@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
26 Feb 21
Wow! That ruler is really old as you we're still 2 or so you got it. That is a wonderful keepsake from your childhood. Thank you @ScribbledAdNauseum
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@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
27 Feb 21
@just4him Yes, I have forgotten a lot of books I have read. I happened to remember The Devil’s Advocate novel because I was a working student in college and the book was owned by my high school principal, whom I worked for in her home. So I remember that I used this bookmark that time. It was also the first crime story novel I have read in English language.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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27 Feb 21
Actually I do. I have a Ohio State University bookmark and a Snoopy one. I attended that college and a friend gave me the Snoopy one because she knew I liked the Peanuts comic strip. Some memories really strike a chord with us don't they 
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@thelme55 (79323)
• Germany
27 Feb 21
I had a Snoopy bookmark before but I have lost it while commuting back and forth to school. Yes, they do.
Thank you @dgobucks226
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@LowRiderX (22901)
• Serbia
27 Feb 21
@thelme55 You are welcome! Have a nice weekend
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
27 Feb 21
I have a bookmark that my Mother RIP gave to me
That bookmark is funny Thelma
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
27 Feb 21
I doubt I could find an old bookmark but I have other things around my house that when I come upon them they remind me of my past.
