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| I love my husband who will take my photo with the laundry basket and not ask any questions |
I recently called my mom and asked, "Do you have any extra laundry baskets lying around? Our plastic one has a hole in the bottom, side, and is missing a handle." To which she replied, "Oh, yes, I think so. Hmmm, oh yea, I have that one we got in Mexico the year before you were born. You could use that one."
Seriously?!? My mom has a functioning laundry basket that is older than I am? The one that just bit the dust--albiet, after much use as a play house, launch pad, and train car--was only 5 years old. This was an epiphany for me: buy the good stuff, take care of it, and you can give it to your kids when they are in need. And, when they use it to death, it will be an added bonus if it can bio-degrade in the land-fill or, better yet, compost pile. However unimaginable it seems right now that my boys will be as excited as I am over a laundry basket.
Hey Megan! Totally agree with this. So many of my belongings were previously owned by my grandmother and not only is a wonderful use of resources, but everywhere I look I see people I love.
ReplyDeleteSuch a good point--about our stuff connecting us to our history and our loved ones. Rather than to the stores we shop in.
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