Survey #235 Response from Lynn
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Complete the following statement: “My home could serve as the Museum of _____.” (You may also substitute “monument” for “museum.”) | Museum of 1940s era crystal dishware set that was my mom's wedding gift from her parents. I don't use it, no one expresses an interest in it when asked. But, I have a difficult time deciding to donate it to charity shops that are already overflowing with similar dushware. It doesn't have a strong sentimental value to me, it just feels a shame to add such pretty dishes to the piles of unwanted dusty ones in shops. They are out of the way filling a ceiling-high bookshelf. I don't need the space they occupy for anything so there is no pressure to do something with them. Am going to see if I can make something crafty out of them. |
| Complete the following statement: “My home is a warehouse for _____.” | Empty storage containers that have been decluttered of their contents in case they are needed in future. |
| Describe something that you’re keeping because it connects you with a past version of yourself, your family history, a former relationship, etc. | Handwritten letters to and from my mom and her aunt, and her aunt and aunt's husband. About 50 years worth of them that includes letters the aunt wrote home to her husband during her many travels to other countries all over the world as well as letters between my mom and her aunt chronicling our childhood activities. I've been slowly working my way through them to read and sort out the ones of great interest and tossing the rest. There are a LOT of them. It is hard to read all that faded cursive. |
| Describe something that you’re keeping for a future need, whether real or imagined. What is the likelihood that you will use the item in question within the next year? Five years? | Empty storage containers. Might use a lot of them the next time I reorganize all the crap on the shelves in the garage. |
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