We’ve thrown so many things away
And lost so many, too,
But this one’s hanging on the wall
Reminding us when she was small
And what she used to do.
She drew a smiling figure
With ears and big, orange eyes.
With care she knew that she could dance
And lovers knew fulfilled romance.
We watched with proud surprise.
Linked to dVerse Poetics One Momento hosted by Mish.
Photo by the author
Absolutely delightful!
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Thank you!
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My pleasure. ☺
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LOVE. These things become ever more precious with time, don’t they?
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They do. We also have videos. Thanks!
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Yes, we have some of the child’s drawings framed too–from our three daughters. Now our 7 grandchildren decorate the fridge weekly.
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A fridge needs some decoration. Congratulations on your grandchildren!
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This is heartwarming! 🙂
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Thank you, Imelda!
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Love this one Frank ~ I have kept some in our desks too ~ Too precious to throw away ~
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We have others but we threw away more now than I wish we did. Thanks!
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So sweet and makes me sentimental thinking about some similar ones I have stashed away. How nice that you have this framed.
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We framed these when they were young so they could see their art on the wall. I think we liked that idea more than they did, but I am glad we still have these on the wall. Thanks!
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This is a wonderful treasure, Frank. I love that you included the drawing.
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Thank you! Since it is hanging right by my desk, it was an easy memento to take a picture of and that saved me the thousand words to describe it.
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Although, it seems a lifetime ago, my mom still has some of the artwork that I did, as a child. Even though, I cringe now, when I see it. May your home be blessed, with these pieces, as your daughter grows older. And thank you, for sharing, both the poem and your daughter’s painting.
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Children look at these mementos differently than parents do. My mother kept some of my drawings and I now have them on a bookshelf. I keep them as mementos of my parents rather than of me. I barely remember making them, but she remembered me making them which was a very different perspective on what happened. Thanks!
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Awwee. That is so adorable. Such a treasure indeed. ❤
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Thank you, Maria!
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This is so sweet.. and what a precious thing to have… I expect you still see something in her in and that drawing that once a parent can see.
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Parents look at these things differently than their children who made them do. My daughter doesn’t know why I still have it on the wall. Thanks!
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A real treasure, Frank. What a pity if that drawing had also been lost and discarded.
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We’ve lost many of those drawings, but we do have videos and we converted them from the old VHS to DVD. We also put them in cloud storage as another backup location and so that others in our family can access them. If I were doing it today, I would scan or photograph all their drawings, but that technology wasn’t available to us when they were younger.
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So sweet! We’ve also saved some early drawings of our children….my favorite is the one with two uneven little circles on the line legs. I asked about those and my daughter said “They’re knees!” 🙂
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We’ve had to get explanations from our children as well. I don’t remember who she said she was drawing in that picture. Thanks, Lillian!
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That’s really precious and sweet!
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Thank you, Sreeja!
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It’s a lovely thing to have by your desk.
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Thank you!
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I like the mix of ‘proud surprise’ and of course the sentiment of this marvellous memento
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Thank you, Laura!
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love that you keep it just within arms reach and eyes can look at it and be taken back to when she was small and be proud of who she is now, I secretly keep my kids drawings and they are really precious to me.
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We figure we have plenty of wall space, but most of their artwork that we still have are in folders on bookshelves. They are more precious to the parents than to the children, I imagine, so we might as well enjoy them. Thank you!
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Delightful piece Frank. I can totally relate. Kids art on our walls too.
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I figure that is what walls and refrigerators are for. Thanks!
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This made me wish I had been more sentimental and kept some of my children’s art work!
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My kids are still tiny — 3 and 11 months — and yet I sometimes well up and the thought that one day they will be big like me, and their tiny selves just an echo.
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One thing I would do over is to photograph their art work as they did it. The metadata on the photo would provide date and location information that is easy to forget. We had VHS when they were young which we’ve converted to DVD and put in cloud storage. Looking back I am glad we had that technology, but memory is always there. It is nice that it can be refreshed occasionally.
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Reminding us when she was small
And what she used to do.
Little mementos can go a long way to bring back the grand memories of young lovers! Sure enough Frank!
Hank
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It is nice to have these mementos to help the memory relive those times in some distant way. Thanks, Hank!
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