collect moments. not things

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Collect moments. Not things. – Me

Do you have a favorite moment? Something you’re glad you experienced? Please share it in a comment today!

I used to be a big collector. Before I met MTM, my house bulged with stuff: Victorian antiques, floral patterns, picture frames spangled with glitter, closets and garages brimming with things. I bought things because I could and told myself they validated me.

I still hoard too much: Clothes I’ll probably never be thin enough to wear but can’t give up; scraps of hundreds of trips; twenty thousand photographs; five collections of china; and books. Oh, the books.

But age has given me a gift.Continue Reading

hearts

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To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die. ~ Thomas Campbell

I’ve pondered this view a lot in recent months. The building is George Washington’s Revolutionary War headquarters at Newburgh, New York. During his time, it was a sprawling farm overlooking the Hudson River, but today it’s boxed in by a city he never knew.

George Washington lives in our hearts because of the whimsy of history.Continue Reading