Now that it is November, the Christmas holiday decorations are in full bloom. There are certain stores that I am just avoiding to avoid the glitter. Part of the holiday season, means finding gifts for loved ones and family. I am going to share with you the gift that keeps on giving.
A gift that will not only provide emotions but create memories.
A gift of a potentially haunted object.
It doesn’t matter where you live, thrift store and antique store are a staple. Anything you buy at thrift store or antique market has the potential to have memories attached to it. What is a haunting but a memory of a person or event?
This gift is simple:
- Find an object that speaks to you.
- Write about a potential history of the item
- Gift the item to someone
You want an example? Absolutely.
The Dog:
When I was a young girl, my mother had a dog named Riley. Riley was a sheepdog mixed with terrier. My mother loved this dog, and took this dog with us when we moved across country. Riley was sweet as can be, but epileptic. There wasn’t any sort of trigger to what would cause an epileptic episode for Riley, so all of us learned how to take care of him when he would start to shake and drool. This statue is a memory of the epileptic dog of my childhood.
If I were to gift this statue to my mother, it doesn’t matter how ugly it is or that the eyes look like they are trying to escape its face. Adding a little story to the statue would guarantee that she would keep this monstrosity forever and ever, because it is now haunted with a memory.
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