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Old 04-05-2012, 06:38 PM
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auntpiggylpn
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I guess I kind of look at my stash as a collection. If I collected thimbles, no one would say after I passed "how sad she had all those thimbles and didn't use them". Same as with my father. He collected and restored antique tractors and gas engines. He would fire one of them up every now and then, drive it around the property or down the road and then put it back into the pole barn. He would often spend a weekend out in the barn, just wiping them down just to make them shine. When he passed, all people said was how much dad had enjoyed his antique tractors. He couldn't take them with him and he didn't need as many as he had but they brought him much happiness when he was alive. It's not about what you leave behind. It's about enjoying the time that you have here on this earth.
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