Never Can Say Goodbye

Why are some things 

so hard to get rid of?

Being the clutter-free person that I am,

you would think 

that I would have boxed these up

years ago.

Well, at least months ago,

since my adult children STILL play with them.

(I'm not kidding)

They are just sitting on a bed

in a spare room that nobody uses.

And yet, 

they make me smile 

every time I enter the room.

I think it's the memories attached to them.

Memories of a simpler time.

A time when

the most complicated issue of the day

was what to have for dinner.

A time when I thought

getting the kids in bed a little late

made me a bad mom. (ha, ha)

A time I would go back to

in a heartbeat.

I thought I might box them up 

this weekend.... but,

I'm not ready to let go.

Not yet, anyway.

Maybe next year.

Or the year after that....