I have a box sitting high on a shelf in the back utility room. It contains old love letters and memoribilia. Things like ticket stubs, a few photos and other odds and ends. I ran into it yesterday and wondered, if now that I'm married should I get rid of all that stuff?
Last time I was married (18), I threw away all my love letters from childhood thru high school, therefore proving my love for my new husband.
In the end I regretted it. Not the marriage but throwing out pieces of my life and links to my childhood and teen years.
Later on in life at a time when I was single, I did it again. But on my terms, the idea was that I was purging myself and shouldn't think of the past. Once again, I ended up kicking myself. What's wrong with my past? Or for that matter, memories? Good or bad?
After that I promised myself that I wouldn't do it again. For anyone. Now that I'm married again, even if they are tucked away out of sight in a dusty corner I'm wondering if its appropriate to have them around? Jim tossed out everything that reminded him of his ex before we were married.
Hmmm.......
Famous Love Letters:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - October 17, 1790
King Henry IV of France - June 16, 1593
King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn - 1528
King Henry VIII - c.1528
John Keats - March 1820
John Keats - (1795 - 1821)
John Keats - Kentish Town, 1820
Catherine of Aragon - 1535
Lord Randolph Churchill - August 1873
Winston Churchill - January 23, 1935
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