Little Blue Suitcase

Sentimental me enjoys the occasional walk down memory lane stored away in this cabinet. Read about how we refurbished it here.

my Grandma Elizabeth's cabinet

And as a new calendar year begins, I moved my parents’ funeral memorabilia into the little blue suitcase. How many trips to Kansas from South Dakota did that thing make over the years?

inside it: sympathy cards & funeral info

It flew on an airplane to Detroit for a wedding when I was four. Traveled to Omaha in various Oldsmobiles throughout my childhood to visit cousins at my Aunt Mary and Uncle Jr.'s. It housed shampoo, Dad's cologne, Mom's hairnets, and our toothbrushes. In its later years, most of its trips were only two hours away to sister Priscilla's with Dad's supplements inside. 

Siblings probably thought I was crazy when I took it from the house near rural Hitchcock. What do you want with that? And husband: where are you going to put it?

the little blue suitcase

I have lots of items from home since Dad’s death in February of 2021. And tomorrow on January 2, it will be 18 years since Mom’s passing in 2005. Read more about my mom here and here. That was the year of the Kansas ice storm that shutdown the state for about a week. Now that’s a set of memories for another time.

Until then, reflect, appreciate, and move forward into 2023 with some good habits.

Where do you keep your memories of treasured pictures and newspaper clippings or programs from ball games and concerts? What are you memories of a suitcase from your childhood days?