It's been well over a month since I made my first foray into the local resale shop, and they have just now got my stuff on the floor. (Lesson learned: Get my autumn/winter clothes over there early in the season!) Anyway, the handbag that we found in my mother's closet -- tags still attached -- is now visible through their store window. My sister and I suspect it may have been the last birthday present she ever bought me, but she died before she could give it to me.
I have way too much stuff, and my finances are precarious, so I know trying to sell it over there is the wise and smart thing to do.
But seeing it on the shelf leaves me feeling forlorn. Must remember not to walk that way en route to the el.
These are the thoughts and observations of me — a woman of a certain age. (Oh, my, God, I'm 65!) I'm single. I'm successful enough (independent, self supporting). I live just outside Chicago, the best city in the world. I'm an aunt and a friend. I feel that voices like mine are rather underrepresented online or in print. So here I am. If my musings resonate with you, please visit my blog again sometime.
I feel that way when I donate books to my parents library and find those books when they have their annual book sale. I kind of want to rebuy them.
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