Found Treasures

The great reclamation is done! It spent the whole day going through all the “stuff.” Trashing what was unneeded, repurposing what I could, donating what we didn’t need. I came across a bunch of treasures that I saved for Carter. Things like all her letters she received at camp over the years and special notes and letters from friends and family.  
I tried not to read all her special things, but knew that if she saved a 14th birthday letter from her friend Ashley she would still want to have it. I am amazed at some of the things she saved, whether on purpose of just by accident because she didn’t bother to throw them away.

I now have an entire office supply store of notebooks, pads, paper, note cards and all other things office related. This is a genetic thing Carter got from me. A favorite note was one I found asking her father if she could have one of his notebooks. I can’t imagine she actually needed it, just wanted it.
One thing I found on her desk was a 13th birthday “newsletter” I created for her. Thirteen is a big rite of passage into teendom. I had a lot of advice I wanted to impart on her then and listening to your mother is not a normal 13 year old skill.

As I was rereading it today I was pleased with most of what I had imparted on her, be it a bit early for some of it. Mostly, I think it is still good advice for her upon going to college. So I texted her photos of it.  

This project is actually done. Russ was a good egg and went to the attic to get his old desk and brought it down to my new sewing room to act as my cutting table. The last thing I have to do is find homes for all of Carter’s textbooks we never passed on. I think I have some ideas, then on to sewing my next quilt. The whole reason for this project.