Better than stashing them in jewelry box like my mom did with our baby teeth.
I'll admit, I was really surprised not to find my baby teeth when we were going through my mom's things. I would have liked to have them.
Spike: You pissed in the Big Man's Chair? That's fantastic! Gunn: Spike, can you please turn off that warm fuzzy? Spike: What, the Lorne thing? Worn off. I just think that's bloody fabulous.
'Life of the Party'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Atropa - Jan 10, 2012 12:46:15 pm PST #15524 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2012 12:53:06 pm PST #15525 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Our baby teeth got thrown out somewhere. Once my parents said "Fine, there is no tooth fairy, you keep it" I hoarded them myself in a little wooden treasure chest.
And then we moved five million times, and no more teethsies. Sad.
Amy - Jan 10, 2012 12:55:38 pm PST #15526 of 30001
Because books.
Mom had little locks of hair of ours, too.
I was tempted to keep that stuff with my kids, but then I realized if I wasn't going to display it or use it (like in jewelry), why bother. I kept some of their baby clothes instead, one or two outfits from each that were well loved and used, and really remind me of them at that age.
brenda m - Jan 10, 2012 12:55:46 pm PST #15527 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
We found a bunch of mine, mostly rattling around at the bottom of my mom's jewelry boxes. I did not have any urge to hang on to them.
Atropa - Jan 10, 2012 12:59:08 pm PST #15528 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I should ask Dad if he's run across them. I didn't go through all the jewelry boxes. We did find my childhood immunization book, though.
Connie Neil - Jan 10, 2012 12:59:42 pm PST #15529 of 30001
brillig
I found a long braid of my hair when we went through my mother's stuff. I was kind of touched that she'd kept that for 43 years, but old, dry hair is also kind of creepy.
Jesse - Jan 10, 2012 1:02:42 pm PST #15530 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
More proof that my dentist is awesome: He just left me a comment in FB that if I need a hole drilled in the tooth that was extracted so I can turn it into a charm, he'll do that for me.
That's so sweet.
I...might have a lock (a loc, actually) of my ex's hair somewhere. I hope I threw it away at some point, but I might not have. I took it by accident, if that helps?
DavidS - Jan 10, 2012 1:03:55 pm PST #15531 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have a lock of my first girlfriend's hair, which is a memento mori now. Death is strange. Or it lends its strangeness to the world, making simple things fill up with mortality and loss.
It's a weird old world.
t /mordant reflection
Jesse - Jan 10, 2012 1:04:10 pm PST #15532 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, but also, I would like to pat myself on the back. I was thinking that I didn't have anything to eat here, and the call of Domino's was STRONG. But I got home and discovered corn chowder in the fridge, so I'm making corn muffins (it's a theme?) and bob's your uncle.
brenda m - Jan 10, 2012 1:27:27 pm PST #15533 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Death is strange. Or it lends its strangeness to the world, making simple things fill up with mortality and loss.
Truer words.