Personal Treasures: Stories Behind Our Most Loved Items

Daily writing prompt

What personal belongings do you hold most dear?

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• The chalk, my school teacher gifted me in the school
• That first look of her, when I didn’t even know what love is
• All the mark sheets, grade cards from 1st to 5th standard
• The scene, my mom cried and dad was a bit nervous when I first left home for college
• My brother beating to a nerd just because he hurt me
• College days
• The chocolate wrappers, she threw whenever we used to meet
• The notebooks, she and I used to scribble something idiotic during the classes
• The first touch and the kiss that evening, which happened unintentionally
• The book she gifted, which is there with me just because, she wrote there ‘I Love You’
• That cry, when we knew, we can’t be together as life partners
• The joy of getting my first job on my parents’ face
• Initial days of struggle post college
• That touching the feet of that strange, unknown co-passenger, who gave a good one on life and its challenges
• Entry of my better-half in my life and all the moments since then

Its a mix of materialistic and memories, that I hold together to my heart.