remembering
hard times
Quite frankly, I'd prefer to forget the eight months of building
that were supposed to be only four. Sometimes it's best not to be
reminded, and out of sight can sometimes truly be out of mind. So
I doubt that I'll want to display this block, part of a removed
wall, on one of our shelves. On the other hand, I still haven't
decided whether I want to part with it completely. I can wrap it,
and stuff it away in a drawer, and of course forget about it. Then,
years from now, perhaps I'll be far enough removed from the exasperating
building process to even reflect on it fondly.
Still, this is a rather substantial memento. Smaller
items might be able to fulfill the same purpose, and in less space.
As can, perhaps, a memento of an
earlier time, also forgotten over the years, and now, found again,
enlisted to fulfill a rather different purpose.
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