...and then there was just bliss....the bliss of a new sweet summer day,...where all the magic is just waiting to happen...

Kept things..........

I keep things

I keep lots of things.......

I keep too many things.....

I keep toys, cd's, and magazines....

I keep high school clothes, worn to death and never been touched...

I just keep things...........

I keep poems and notes, hats and shoes..........

pictures upon pictures!!! and still take more!

I keep remnants of prom dresses, worn by me and by nieces,...

tickets tubs from movies and baseball games....

sugar packets from Disneyland back from the 80's....no....think I finally got rid of those....

I keep programs from honor programs I attended, programs from performances,...programs from kindergarten graduations, proms and high school graduations...............

I keep Rolling Stone interviews, and books I've worn pages from reading so many times... books I've never read a line from................I keep them all............

I keep all the tooth fairy's teeth, because I know she'll never give them back.... I keep new quarters and everything older than my birth year..........

I am in love with the Beatles and will end up getting and keeping their vinyl records when the time comes.............I'll keep them no matter what............

I keep old baseball mits and busted up baseballs, just because,........

I keep leotards that no longer fit... I keep my uniforms nice and crisp,..not that I'll ever wear them again,................but,..hey! you just never know.................

I keep everything from Okinawa,...........they just make everything look and seem important...and very pretty,......

I keep roses, pressed and dried out...............because I may never get them again...

I keep old candles, for the scent, as it is never the same again....

I keep bottles and of sand from Hawaii, and mainland Japan,... and ask everyone to send me sand...

I keep an old oar lost on the shore and found by me, as a trophy of that days' run...one of my longest on that shore.....

I hold close to summer air, the beach,........and if I could bottle it all up...I'd keep that too.......

I keep silly drawings that say "I love you Mommy" and never let go................I keep my own silly doodlings of when I thought I would be famous and designing some kind of masterpiece..........

I keep old sweaters and name them and keep them close.............I keep hair ribbons and old sneakers under my christmas tree...................

I keep so much,............ and never want to let any of it go......................

and none of this actually makes me, so.............................................

.................why do I keep any of it?