A Big Loss
My parents are cleaning out the old apartment in order to do it up later. I just checked with them if they had seen a box of letters and sadly I was told that they were torn out and thrown away.
I had kept a box of letters for over 15 years. Most of them had been received during my high school and university time. Sometimes they rose to view when I was looking for something else. Old memories and new findings stirred each time when I reread them.
Sometimes I think that when my life is close to the end, all I have may be only these letters, postcards and photos, etc, which recall what I have made along during my life journey. Now without these letters as my reminders, a big part of my memory lost.
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Comment by Half moon on June 17, 2012 at 8:36am -
I moved some of my books and all the letters here from north.
Some of These letters were from middle school, they were well kept by my parents when I already forgot about them.
Sorry for your loss.
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Comment by Rain - Unlicensed Sexologist on June 16, 2012 at 11:44am -
Now this is legit sad. In my family my dad keeps a filing cabinet specifically given older to holding on to letters and other items of sentimental value. I have things written to me (very, very poorly) from friends in pre-school. I would feel terrible if I lost those things.
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Comment by Crys on June 16, 2012 at 11:40am -
Well, there's obviously some misunderstanding...but never mind. Have a nice weekend:)
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Comment by Wandering Cat on June 15, 2012 at 11:42pm
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@Crys: You can keep your hope as you wish. About the conversations with friends, I think you make assumption again. You either assume your friends at younger ages will always be with you or assume that your friends know everything about you. You may be too young to understand what I said. And again, I was over this. No more discussion and thanks.
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Comment by Crys on June 15, 2012 at 10:43pm
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Talk to friends! I hope the conversations will serve as reminders just as well as those gone letters.
There will be someone for each of us. I am not taking it for granted but just hope.
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Comment by Biophoton on June 15, 2012 at 10:09pm -
@FL, maybe for women all those letters, poem books and photographs have more value, because we have a more romantic side.
@Chris, when I read all the poems, just a few days ago, I saw that some of the ppl who wrote into that book already have passed away, that makes the book so valuable for me.
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@Crys, yes, I did not feel sad long. As said, I got over it soon. But I do forget things easily. They've never imprinted on my mind. Nothing has ever been. That's why I need reminder.
You assume there will must be someone next to you. I wish there will be. But I have learned never taking granted for something. :-)
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Comment by Crys on June 15, 2012 at 8:44pm
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Chris, I think that's why @ Filthy Lucre left the 0.01% for your question.
But really, don't feel sad about the loss, at lease not too long: you were simply used to its existence - apparently you haven't turned to these letters for comfort or what-so-ever for sometime, otherwise you would have kept it well. Also, I don't think that the loss of them could make the particular ones less important to you. Things that happened between you and your friends (or others), if really matter, have been imprinted on your mind: you don't need any reminder.
If it were the end of my life, the person next to me would mean more than those written words.
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@You'll Never Walk Alone: Your Grandma must love you deeply so that her poem means a lot to you.
@Filthy Lucre: any correspondence you have without investing your feelings are absolutely of no value. Have you ever received any words written by your son that means a lot to you?
@Gao: thanks for your kind words. I was a little bit sad when knowing that. While at my age, I already could get over bad thing in 2 hours. :-)
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Comment by Filthy Lucre on June 15, 2012 at 6:10pm -
@Gao... This is an English language site. Write in English and I may be able to reply. Is there Chinese word for dumb ass?
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