Emotional Attachments || Week 20

I don't have a lot of objects that I have an emotional attachment to. I've gotten rid of a lot of things that I have held on to over the years unless they were practical or I used them frequently. I don't like having a lot of stuff just sitting around and I thoroughly enjoy getting rid of and condensing things! I try not to get too attached to things, since they are, well, things, but here and there I love things for specific reasons. 

This first thing I really thought about was our wedding topper. I really love it because I think it's adorable and creative. It will probably be the one thing from our wedding that I don't ever plan to give up (besides the photos of course!).

Another thing that I thought of is Barbara. It's one of the first things that Joey bought me, and the only stuffed animal I have (all the others didn't make it through a spring cleaning). Her name is Barbara because she is Barbara Manatee. Joey and I were singing the VeggieTales Barbara Manatee song a lot and we happened upon a manatee stuffed animal while at Sea World. He immediately bought it and we sang Barbara Manatee together!

Another one that came to mind is all my darkroom work. The last week of my senior year of high school my entire portfolio of negatives (two years of work) has lost. I was devastated. It still hurts if I think about it too much! I still have a select amount of prints from that group of work, but otherwise it's all gone. After college I scanned all my negatives from my classes and now have digital copies as well.