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WHAT GOES IN THE BOX?
4 stars|6 comments|October 28, 2007|800 reads
 

Originally uploaded by L. Marie

This is a getting-to-know-you blog. It's not original. I got it from one of my favorite authors, Shannon Woodward over on her blog called Wind Scraps. And she got it from somewhere else.

NAME FIVE

Anyway, here's the deal. In the event of a disaster (there's plenty of those going on), what five things would you grab from your house and put in the box?

Having moved twice in the last couple of years and seriously downsized, I have given a lot of thought to my possessions and what is important to me. So here goes. Bear in mind that I am imagining a very large box.

Item No. 1 has to be the glass china cabinet that was my mother's and before that my grandmother's. And she bought it an estate sale of possessions from former governor of Texas Buford Jester. So it is special on many counts.

Next (Item No. 2) I put in the round oak table that has the same history. I grew up around that table. Ate my grandmother's hoe cakes for breakfast and watched for the school bus coming over the hill about a mile away. No. 3 would be my desktop computer. It has family photos, stories I've written and something called DeBrief where I download my thoughts, memories and important data.

Item No. 4 would be that large file box in the bottom of my closet filled full of early photos of my children and family that I keep meaning to scan and post on Flickr. That leaves my beloved Bibles and books. And since I'm imagining a very large box, for Item No. 5, I think I'll just put in my whole bookcase because my books are the one thing I don't seem to be able to prioritize!

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

I'm done. Now what about you? What five things would you put in the box?

Photo by L. Marie

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GrammyB
 GrammyB
October 29, 2007
Bibles & Notebooks
Scrapbooks/Baby Books
Horstrey & Rabbit (Childhood toys)

and if the box was big enough.....BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS!!!!
SandeandBob
 SandeandBob
October 29, 2007
1. my 2 big dogs,
2. if no.1 leaves any room in the box, my spiritual journals from the past few years,
3. my thousands of photographs (you did say a BIG box) and the digital camera
4. maybe the art quilts I've made and still have, plus all the fabric stash to make more
5. whatever cash I have on hand, which would take VERY LITTLE space in the box.
Glenn
 Glenn
October 29, 2007
That is a tough question.  I would have to say my computer would be first because most of our recent memories are held within it in my photo archives.  I suppose I would want the CD's that I transfered many photos to as well.  There are several boxes of older photos of our family when the boys were young.  My Grandmother's dishes that are displayed in our china cabinet, she bought them with money she saved from her first job and rolled the barrel they came in down the street to get them home.  I recall eating many thanksgiving, Christmas, and new years dinners on those dishes when I was little and get to continue using them regularly.  Of course I would make sure my family were helping me carry the box out of the house.  I really can't think of much else I would want to bring along.  Most other things can be replaced.
Thanks for encouraging us to think about our  belongings and what is truly important.
peace
Jay Price
 Jay Price
October 29, 2007

GB~God's truth and good memories, good choices!

Sande~you caused me a panic - I forgot my digital camera!!! That is a must have so I can document my journey and illustrate my writing. But then if it isn't in my hand, it is on top of that bookcase I packed so maybe I am alright after all. I'd like to see those art quilts and your fabric stash! 

Glenn~sounds like you, too, put a high value on relational and heritage things.  

Joey R
 Joey R
October 29, 2007
All I can say is that You must have a BIG BOX!!  I've started to give my things away...  Less is best.  I've sorted photographs and we (the girls and I) are going to scan them and make books so that all of have our memories. 

When it comes down to it at the end, God, love and memories are I want
Deb Rockwell
 Deb Rockwell
October 29, 2007
The most important things to me besides my husband and my bible, are my cats...since I have eight of them, I guess I will have to cram them all into a big box.  If disaster struck though, they would be the ones I would want to save.  No thing in my house is worth as much to me as them.  Everything else can be replaced.