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.
Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.
Cordelia ,'Dirty Girls'
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.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2012 12:53:06 pm PST #15525 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
Atropa - Jan 10, 2012 1:52:36 pm PST #15534 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Pete used to have shoulder-length hair. When he decided to shave it off, I saved it.
With all of that in mind, I really shouldn't feel uncomfortable about talking to Dad about wanting some of Mom's ashes, should I? And yet, I do. I don't know how to have that conversation with him.
(When I do finally bring myself to have that conversation, I'm planning on getting this reliquary locket to keep the ashes in.)