Cute, right? Aren't all those animals just the sweetest?
This turned up when we were moving my grandmother. I have no idea why she has had it all these years. She said she just couldn't throw it away. (Uh, yeah, she can't throw anything away.)
The side you see here in the picture is as soft as a baby's butt. The problem is the other side. It is virtually shredded. Years of washing did it in. And because it's quilted, I can't exactly removed just the top and salvage it.
Closer inspection than I will show here reveals tales of childhood. Stains from bloody noses are still present. Gross, I know, but there they are. I know that blanket has been bled on, puked on and probably worse, but only the blood stains remain.
I guess it will be up to me to throw it away. I would never have thought of it or cared about it, had it not turned up during the move. I thought taking pictures of it would make me feel better about tossing it, but here I am writing about it. I'm so damn sentimental!
I do have a couple of my son's baby blankets tucked into a blanket bag for saving. But I'm passing them onto him when he becomes a father. I swear!
Do you have stuff that was yours as a child? What do you do with it? How much are you saving of your own child's things?And when will you give it to them?
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I know how difficult it can be letting go of things from the past. I tend to hold onto things for sentimental reasons myself.
I still have an old wooden toybox with my name on it that I received for Christmas when I was about 7 years old. I remember finding a plastic bowling ball and pin set inside it. I still have the toybox after all this time, and it's sitting in my basement.
My kids are grown, and anything they liked as a kid, they still have with them.
I think it's sweet that your grandmother saved it and I don't think you should toss it. I still have an afghan that my grandmother crocheted for me when I was a kid. I will never ever ever ever toss it, no matter what condition it is in.
Also, I just have to add... my 5 year old has named a spot on his blankie "Dirty"... what does that tell ya! Of course he claims that Dirty is the only clean spot...go figure.
Keep the Blankie! Find someone who can salvage it for you. That's part of your history (not that you are Old or anything!).
I have only old pictures from when I was little, but I'm saving them for I don't know what.
I saved a Bib from my older son (37 years) and a baby-kimono from my younger son (28). And of course, a gazillion pictures I love.
I want your blankie!!
I have such a weakness for blankies. I also have a weakness my Ernie doll from when I was a baby.
I am still in possession of my "Mon Chi Chi" ...a monkey ;) It's hideous but it was mine ;)
Mr. Tubby is my teddy. He's 32 years old. I still have him. But I gave up cuddling with him long ago. But recently my daughter thought I should put him to use again so for a few nights I actually tucked him under my arm and snuggled him. It was ok. But I'd rather curl up to my hubby.
I'm going to keep Mr. Tubby, though. He's like family at this point:)
I held onto a few things, but not much, and definitely not my "kiki" (my name for my blankie way back when). I gave a few Cabbage Patch kids to my girls, and they now have your old Barbie stuff! I have other things like old journals and yearbooks, mostly. I was a HUGE packrat until I had to move a few times and got tired of packing all the same junk...and now regret pitching a lot of things!
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