This past weekend I was visiting at my parents house and saw that they were doing some cleaning. They told me I had about eight boxes that were mine and wanted me to go through them before they got rid of them. Thinking nothing of it I went downstairs to investigate expecting that is was going to be an easy toss by thumbing through the boxes quickly.
What I was not expecting was opening each box turned into an instant time machine bringing me back to my childhood. Every item I picked up immediately brought me back to that moment in time and I could recall vividly what was going on in my life at that time. Some of the items I found were really awesome:
-A wooden race car that my dad and I carved out when I was in the Cub Scouts.
-Completed puzzles that were glued together and stored on a board so they did not get ruined. They were pictures of the Plant of the Apes, Happy Days, Star Trek and various superheroes.
-My first train set.
-Various action figures: Original GI Joe, Action Jackson, Star Trek, Plant Of The Apes.
-My baseball card collections. Complete sets from 1978 to 1987.
-Intellivision with all the games.
-Tons of handheld electric games.
-My working V-8 engine Model.
-All my trophies from Playing Baseball and Bowling.
-Evil Knievel stunt doll and motorcycle. My first dog and loyal companion chewed Evil's left foot and it was funny looking at the foot seeing his teeth marks on it.
So what I was expecting to be a few minutes turned into over an hour of looking through everything and reminiscing about my childhood. No I am faced with deciding what to do with everything. There are some things that are definitely keepers like the baseball cards and the wooden car I made with my dad. The thought about tossing out the other things bums me out a little. I could always bring it to my house and put it in the basement but that just adds clutter!
How did you guys let go of your childhood things? Did you toss it and not look back or do you still have it?
What I was not expecting was opening each box turned into an instant time machine bringing me back to my childhood. Every item I picked up immediately brought me back to that moment in time and I could recall vividly what was going on in my life at that time. Some of the items I found were really awesome:
-A wooden race car that my dad and I carved out when I was in the Cub Scouts.
-Completed puzzles that were glued together and stored on a board so they did not get ruined. They were pictures of the Plant of the Apes, Happy Days, Star Trek and various superheroes.
-My first train set.
-Various action figures: Original GI Joe, Action Jackson, Star Trek, Plant Of The Apes.
-My baseball card collections. Complete sets from 1978 to 1987.
-Intellivision with all the games.
-Tons of handheld electric games.
-My working V-8 engine Model.
-All my trophies from Playing Baseball and Bowling.
-Evil Knievel stunt doll and motorcycle. My first dog and loyal companion chewed Evil's left foot and it was funny looking at the foot seeing his teeth marks on it.
So what I was expecting to be a few minutes turned into over an hour of looking through everything and reminiscing about my childhood. No I am faced with deciding what to do with everything. There are some things that are definitely keepers like the baseball cards and the wooden car I made with my dad. The thought about tossing out the other things bums me out a little. I could always bring it to my house and put it in the basement but that just adds clutter!
How did you guys let go of your childhood things? Did you toss it and not look back or do you still have it?
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