Amanda Flynn Oster
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We’ve all heard the commercial... So much stuff, not enough space... It echos in my head. I hold on to things. They are my memories. Just like the pictures I take, almost every object I own have a distinct memory attached to it. Sometimes it is just the place and time it was purchased. Or who was with me when I bought it. Some things have been handed down or have been gifts. I still have this stupid little plastic “trophy” that I received in 4th grade. I came in second place in a reading contest. Everyone knew they wouldn’t beat the person who won first, but I was gonna try! I tried so hard that I even cheated. Yep! I keep a trophy I won by cheating. Well, I won second place fair and square but after I secured my place, I passed my numbers with reading the first and last chapters along with the back covers of about a hundred books. I could have read them but I had family responsibilities beyond my years. So, I hold on to this stupid plastic Monkey trophy from 4th grade that holds more memories than anyone should have guessed.
By Amanda Flynn Oster4 years ago in Families