Not exactly a hand me down item, but there are 2 items that are very precious to me. One is a bracelet that my dad gave me when I was younger, and the other one is a ring that was given by my Ahma.
I couldn’t wear the ring anymore because it’s super big, lol.
I think this 2 items have been with me for about 14 years, the bracelet is always with me because I’m never with my dad. And the ring was being kept in my drawer with my other precious items.
Look at this ring.. I think I have to polish it already.
The gold bracelet which I highly suspect is fake gold but I don’t care at all.
Actually I used to have more things, like a handkerchief, a piece of newspaper with my dad’s quote. When I was younger, he taught me that when im right people don’t remember, when im wrong, people always forget. This follows me until today, and it’s actually very true.
These stuffs are very precious to me because parents and grandparents won’t be together with me forever and these are the things that will make me feel that they are always with me.
After typing the above, I realized that I didn’t keep anything that is from my mom. Come to think of it, I don’t think she really gave me anything that has sentimental value to it. Sometimes I feel that I’m quite emotionless towards her, but when I realized that one day she might just leave this world, I still feel sad about it. I think you can’t deny this mother and daughter bond then.
By the way don’t be mistaken. She’s still my mom, we are close but not that kind of mother daughter kind of close. She’s more like a friend that I meet once or twice a year. Hais weird feeling. I do enjoy when we laugh together though, that makes me feel like she’s my mom because both of us are weird and funny. Lol!
Anyway, I’m sure you’re thinking why am I typing this today. Actually other than letting you know more about me, I am also reminding myself that I should learn to cherish people and things more. I don’t want to wait until they are gone and regret why I didn’t treat them better, especially when I’m a very hot tempered person, many times I just vent it out on my closed ones. This is something that I have to work very hard on.
While I’m here working on it, I also hope that you can take some time out of your busy schedule and reflect about how you’ve been treating your family, and if you’ve been spending enough time with them. If it’s positive then good for you, otherwise it’s time to do something about it.
A super old photo of me and my ahma. :p
