The good stuff of home.

Talking about all this good stuff makes me thirst a Snapple. (Peach Iced Tea, or perhaps Green Tea with lime?) The stuff I am refering to is the regular old stuff, however. Some call it the crap, some the treasure. Others may refer to it as memories and history.

How much stuff do you have lying around your house or apartment? Isn't it the stuff that make your home, your home and noone else's? No wonder psychologists consider the experience of moving as one of the most traumatic experiences of one's life. Mostly because no matter how excited you may be about your new home, you first have to get through all the stuff of your old one. This is the time that you dig up that Valentine's Day card from your ex of 10 years ago. The tears may start flowing as you pack your child's first pair of shoes.

It's the picture frames, the old greeting cards, the candles, the books, the magazines, the souvenirs. My gosh, those souvenirs and that collection of shot glasses, one from each and every one of the places that you visited or was visited by someone else that knew you were collecting shot glasses. It is also the notebooks or momentos from junior high school. Old high school pictures, HAHA, look at that outfit and that HAIR! :)

Without all this good stuff, your new apartment/house just looks plain empty. It craves all that stuff to be spread across the shelves, the fireplace, the counter, the walls and the side tables. It is also a good excuse to get all that new good stuff, as your old stuff sleeps away in the garage or the storage space. ($1 for first month storage?) It is this good stuff, old or new, that truly says "Welcome Home"!