pardonme4livin said:

See pic. The clasp is broke. My husband was supposed to get it fixed 3 yrs ago, it broke like 3 weeks b4 my dad died, and he still never did. I wanna see how long it's gonna take the idiot.

Imago said:

...I mean damn that is one hot rubber band
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i have a plastic purple ring with a red star in the middle that my boys gave me from the bubble gum machine. i wear it on my ring finger and i've never taken it off since they gave it to me. when i look at it it reminds me that i am loved when i'm down and i dont feel so loved.

Imago said:

whats the furry thing u have your hand on?

I have a few things that I cherish, my Great Grandmother's wedding ring, A couple post cards my Grandfather sent to my Grandmother when she came to America and he was still working on a merchant marine ship. Some old photos,
and my father's speed skates that he wore when he was a regional champion speed skater. A letter I wrote to my Dad when I was about 8 years old when he was in hospital that he kept till he died.

luv4all7 said:

It's called his arm...

Byron said:

I can't help it that I brim with testosterone.

more beautiful sharings...thank you all again

oh anyways. The string around my wrist is this thing that Thai's give each other as a blessing and for good luck. It's done with a simple ritual. I've had mine on my wrist for almost 2 years. My last one lasted almost 3 years before it fell off in the ocean.

Thai's can spot each other out here in the States cuase normally only Thai's and Burmese(or whatever they call themselves now) wear them. It's like our gaydar.


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I am wearing a thin silver necklace that was given to me by my sister on my 12th birthday. Since that day I have never taken it off even once. It's been 18 years straight now, so I would probably feel very naked without it.

Imago said:

That's a pretty durable string! What is it made of?

Imago said:

oooh sorry hun ..and here I thought it was a blatant attempt to show me ur hands

I don't have anything that I care for that much... I have family heirlooms and such....but I really don't treasure any of it. Maybe one day I will.

Sweeny79 said:

Mach said:

Thanks hon

Ocean said:

I just noticed this post. So you've had your necklace on for longer than me, eh? Have you never ever taken it off even once?

retina said:

I was a bridemaid last year for a friend.....she wanted me to take it off to wear this ...I really feel uncomfortable not wearing it...I know that sounds silly .... but that was the only time

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Ocean said:

Oh yeah, that too.

littlemissG said:

I'm not sure. I'm real careful not to harm it and such.

Imago said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

birds of a feather, love...

Finess said:

sorry to hear that's it's gone now but that is so fly!!

many things come to mind as i am a very sentimental person
but...

it has been 23 years (today, in fact)
and my need to hold on to these items has lessened

but i have held on to
half a piece of her trident gum
a piece of the safety glass from the windshield
and a cassette tape of her voice


i won't ever throw them out
but i no longer need them like i used to

emm said:

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Mach said:

Mach that is beautiful

I don't have any pictures of them, but my most treasured posessions are two rings and two VHS Video's (which will be converted to DVD next year) the rings were my Mum's... the first I was given on my 18th Birthday by my Mum and Stepdad and it was Mum's first wedding and engagement ring soldered down and made into one, the second ring my Brother and I got after Mum passed on - it was her wedding and engagement ring from my Stepdad (they split about 9 months before she passed)

the first video is from my 21st Birthday and it shows all my family together - including all 4 parents (which never happened before that or since) and my closest friends (within Australia, anyway) also my Baby Wallydog, our Rottweiler) and my niece Amelia as a tiny girl. it's very, very special to me

the second video my Stepmum got done for my Dad, Brother and I one Christmas many years ago now... it was a collection of reel-to-reel films my Dad took over the course of a few years it has my Mum and Dad's wedding, again all my family, me as a tiny girl, much of our family... again, very very special

you can't replace these things and they mean WAY WAY WAY more than anyone could ever dream of paying for them - as the saying goes... "priceless"

When my mother was mere 19, she worked at the airport in the restaurant on one floor, while my father worked on another floor in the kitchen. Orders would go down in elevators, food would come up.

At one moment, when my parents were still romancing, not even engaged, my mother, sucker she was for pastry, sent a sweet note up to the kitchen, with my father's name Henk on it.



It reads; Dear, Why don't you sent up some pastry upstairs? Signing it with an unintelligible scribble.

The note was intercepted by the big boss of the kitchen and restaurant, who sent it back, reading; Who's Henk? However dear he is; no moves on pastry will be made. Making it a pun on my mom making a move on my dad.

My mom must have laughed SO laud when she got it back. It was obviously very dear to her, as she kept it for 45 years... it still has the power to move me.

HamsterHuey said:

omg, that's AWESOME!

Natisse said:

beautiful tisse

HamsterHuey said:

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