Unpack Your Boxes

I am currently reading Life As A Verb. Savoring every word, reading it out loud to myself, just to make sure it sinks in. The pages are highlighted to hell and back, and at another time, I will review it for the multitudes. Right now I just want to borrow a quote, in fact a chapter title, Unpack Your Boxes. T.S. Elliot said, "The faith, the hope, and the love are all in the waiting." Let GO of the monkey bars and unpack your boxes. You will see why this spoke to me. Our family historian, my Emma, is on a mission to organize our photos, and there are BOXES!!! She has a plan, box after box, album on top of albums!! YEARS of our life, on paper. Piles, sorted and gathered in her grand 'stacker' plan. If it does not involve me, my response is "Go For It!!!" In Emma's world,"Go For It!"
means, show mom every picture and talk about categories!!! NOOOOOooooo..............She wants details, and then Hart steps into the mess, "Mom look at this!" I asked them if they understood, that looking at photos makes me sad. Not always, but all these baby pictures, and its fall and I'm in a funk of sadness!!!! Then this chapter title came to me, Unpack Your Boxes! It's time and Emma is in charge, I have to let go of the monkey bars!!!

PSS. The above photo is one that I kept in my pile!!!