Comments on: More Than A Lamp http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/06/30/more-than-a-lamp/ Mystery Author Mon, 21 May 2012 16:59:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Elizabeth http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/06/30/more-than-a-lamp/#comment-6288 Elizabeth Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:29:10 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=1178#comment-6288 my dad used to do that, Lynn. Drove my mother nuts! Joe, I'd hang onto that coat. The formlua sains alone make it all the more precious! my dad used to do that, Lynn. Drove my mother nuts!

Joe, I’d hang onto that coat. The formlua sains alone make it all the more precious!

]]> By: Joe http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/06/30/more-than-a-lamp/#comment-6284 Joe Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:34:38 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=1178#comment-6284 To turn this around a bit, I bought something new, but couldn't bring myself to get rid of the thing I was replacing. I have a leather bomber jacket that my wife (then girlfriend) gave me for Christmas in 1989. The lining is shredded, the zipper broken, and a couple buttons missing. But it also has formula stains on the pocket from when my daughter was an infant. When I replaced it a few years ago, the old coat went in the closet. Still sleeps there. Some things we love because they're old, and have that history. They become friends who've seen us through a little bit of life. I'm glad you found a replacement lamp for your daughter. In this case, it's the light, and the love, that make it special. To turn this around a bit, I bought something new, but couldn’t bring myself to get rid of the thing I was replacing.

I have a leather bomber jacket that my wife (then girlfriend) gave me for Christmas in 1989. The lining is shredded, the zipper broken, and a couple buttons missing. But it also has formula stains on the pocket from when my daughter was an infant.

When I replaced it a few years ago, the old coat went in the closet. Still sleeps there.

Some things we love because they’re old, and have that history. They become friends who’ve seen us through a little bit of life.

I’m glad you found a replacement lamp for your daughter. In this case, it’s the light, and the love, that make it special.

]]> By: Lynn http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/2010/06/30/more-than-a-lamp/#comment-6282 Lynn Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:22:08 +0000 http://elizabethlynncasey.com/blog/?p=1178#comment-6282 As my husband tends to take care of himself VERY well, I'd never get a chance. If he mentions he wants a new camera - a month before christmas - he goes and gets it. A new computer - a week before his birthday. As my husband tends to take care of himself VERY well, I’d never get a chance. If he mentions he wants a new camera – a month before christmas – he goes and gets it. A new computer – a week before his birthday.

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