OK so I am a relatively sentimental person. I have things that remind me of happy times and I like to have them out and around me. Many of my favorite mementos are from our wedding, our children or things that remind me of family.

On Sunday I looked over at my bookcase of (mostly books &) mementos and realized that something terrible had happened to the square that held many wedding trinkets. One frame in the back had tipped (no one knows when or why) and had pushed 3 other pieces over the end where they broke on the floor. I am very sad!

I wonder if mementos become more precious with age because we are reminded of a time that is further away or if it is because the quantity of things that remind us diminishes as things are broken or lost.