My youngest moved to Nashville 2 years ago joining her sister who has been there for 8 years. Today I begin the purge of her bedroom. It's tough, but it an important part of my summer: "The Summer of the Purge".
Because I work for the school system, summers are epic. I can spend all year planning what I will do over the summer. (I love that I have not had to grow out of this lovely childhood timeline. Everyone should have the summer off. It is so cleansing to close out a year at work, take ten weeks off, and start over all fresh and new in the fall.)
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| Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, greenest state in the land of the free. |
Anyway, back to the purge.
As I took all her photos off the walls and cleaned her books off the shelf, I replaced them with treasures I collected years ago for my husband.
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| Coonskin cap |
My husband had some hard times in his childhood, but one positive memory he often talks about is the Christmas he got his Davy Crockett toys.
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| Fringe galore! |
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| "Mossakins" aka moccasins |
Probably about 10 years ago I started collecting Davy Crockett memorabilia for him. Now I have a place to put it.
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| Eyeglass case still has the "Return to" card. |
I thought I'd share with you some pictures of this stuff his good memories are made of.
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| Raised in the woods, so he knew every tree. |
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| Awesome Fire King breakfast set |
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| Kilt him a "bar" when he was only three! |
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| Davy, Davy Crockett! King of the wild frontier! |
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Happy Father's Day, honey. You are a blessing to me.
