It’s times like these that you really think about all the stuff that you’ve accumulated during the years.
All the things that are crammed into closets and up in the attic that are probably pretty valuable but you haven’t thought about them in a while.
One guy on Twitter asked folks what object in their houses means the most to them.
And he even answered his own question with follow-up tweets.
I’ll go first. This is a (small) sword given to me by the King of Bhutan over a decade ago. pic.twitter.com/q8O75PRtG9
— Isaac Fitzgerald🤞🏻🖤 (@IsaacFitzgerald) March 16, 2020
Right after I was given the sword, a Bhutanese man who I’d befriended recently leaned in close to me and whispered, “Just for the record, this doesn’t make you a knight.”
— Isaac Fitzgerald🤞🏻🖤 (@IsaacFitzgerald) March 16, 2020
Let’s see what people had to say about this.
1. Special doll.
This little doll, made by my favorite artist, Edward Gorey. I bought it in the nineties, even though I was dirt poor and couldn’t afford it pic.twitter.com/ud8vgrN0PA
— MariNaomi (@marinaomi) March 16, 2020
2. A nice keepsake.
This painting of my mom that my son did when he was 16 pic.twitter.com/N5MTIBtcfw
— Sarah Thyre (@SarahThyre) March 16, 2020
3. Three things.
there are three things here actually. this is my grandfather’s marine-issued coffee cup that went with him to the pacific theater of wwII. it sits atop one of his old cigar boxes, and inside that is his marine ID bracelet. it’d grab this and the cat in a fire tbh. pic.twitter.com/lCHY4VLPlK
— fake nick ramsey @ 🏡 (@nick_ramsey) March 16, 2020
4. I’d like to know more.
Breastplate from a different career. pic.twitter.com/IthpGhJfxf
— Stephanie Sweedler (@msanthropetweet) March 16, 2020
5. Wow. That’s amazing.
Miep Gies’s signature in my copy of Anne Frank’s diary. pic.twitter.com/0xYRpzoJAY
— Renée Zuckerbrot (@RZAgent) March 16, 2020
6. Do not touch!
A teacup from my gran. I wasn’t allowed to touch it when I was little and now I get to touch it whenever I want! pic.twitter.com/OzTxkZeHHZ
— ReadingStacy (@stacy_reading) March 16, 2020
7. Good ol’ Fievel.
fievel. i’ve had him got him for hanukkah in 1986. pic.twitter.com/9cSobTM71M
— rachel xo (@quirkyandklutzy) March 16, 2020
8. One old menu.
Framed menu my grandmother grabbed from one of her earliest dates with my grandfather, at The Paramount. 60 odd years later I ended up working across the street, sheer coincidence, as we were not New Yorkers! Love the prices and (now) classic cocktails—only 83 cents, ha. pic.twitter.com/ehDSNHXO5j
— Prince Riebus (@PrinceRiebus) March 16, 2020
9. Family hands.
This cast of my sister @PhoebeBoswell’s hands. ✨❤️ pic.twitter.com/P60ec8o8IG
— Frederica Boswell (@freddieboswell) March 16, 2020
10. Hang on to that.
Grandfather I never met’s WWII lighter with his ribbons on it pic.twitter.com/LydJd0ksCp
— 🏳️🌈 Alex London 🏳️🌈 (@ca_london) March 17, 2020
11. I’m coming home.
A tobacco tin that held our house keys when I was a child. The rattle of the tin sounds like coming home. pic.twitter.com/E6iwaXUvdE
— Andrea (@adumbrated) March 16, 2020
12. A great photograph.
This pic that we had digitized of my family from 1940 in Hempstead Co, Arkansas. My grandmother (her sibs), my great-gf (his sibs), and my great-great-gm are all in the pic. My great-aunt lived to be 104! Love this pic b/c it reminds me of who I come from ❤️cc: @Gabriellegance pic.twitter.com/OOL27K2vK1
— VSF (@nattachevy) March 16, 2020
I think I’d have to say that the most meaningful objects in my house are family photos. They can’t be replaced and they have a lot of sentimental value.
What about you?
Please share with us in the comments!
