Wrapped up in Memories

Thanks so much for phoning sweetie, it's the next best thing to catching up in person and it was so delicious to just pour out everything I've been dying to tell you.

I'm very aware that life is about to change forever.  Baby CJ will be here in just a few weeks.  My Mum, the Great Grandmother of Baby CJ, would have been beside herself with excitement, but I'm sure she knows what's going on, has probably already said hello in fact.

Yesterday was Halloween and I duly showered in good time but rather than throwing on my PJ's, I reached for never worn jeans, which I've had for about 5 years, and a Gap, jumper from my top shelf, which I haven't worn for about 12 years.  I deliberately have stayed away from said jumper because of the memories it stirs.

I bought three jumpers from Gap at the same time, cream, black and plumb, cable knit, sailor collar, cotton mix.

Clothes, hold memories and present them to you every time you look at them or put them on.  I have inherited an ottoman, which holds a bedspread, which is made up of squares of material from my childhood, dresses, bedding etc., it's all there, in three inch squares, for posterity.  Each square sporning a memory.

Last night, I threw on my jeans and reached for the Gap jumper, as soon as I put it on, I was instantly transported back to a hospital bedside, where the patient touched my arm, touched that jumper.

So, I was all ready for the tiny Halloween'ers, I have a rule, if they are shorter than me, I open the door, as tall as or taller, I don't open the door, but the past few years, I've had quite a few little'un's knock, even toddlers trooped around.  This year, only three knocks, a two... sisters, about eight, and a singleton, very brave, made sure he got extra candy and wished him a Happy Halloween.  That was it, no more, tons of candy left over.

Halloween brought up more than I had bargained for but that's just how it is.  If I place that jumper on my top shelf again and don't touch it for the next 50 years, it will still hold on to those memories for me, as long as I have my marbles anyway. 

Maybe, I should wear the jumper, and create new memories.