Comments for One More Thing

Comment on Reverse Souvenirs by Vanessa

Vanessa — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:41:17 +0000

My time is coming soon and I had not given this any thought. My first thought is to throw them in the garbage, but as a sappy Mom, I reserve the right to change my mind.

Comment on Reverse Souvenirs by Batty

Batty — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:37:33 +0000

Well, I don’t have kids yet, but I’m not sure. I had a little wooden box to put them in. Don’t remember what happened to them, though.

One thing i wouldn’t do is turn them into jewelry. A couple of years ago, I saw jewelry that incorporated human teeth, somewhere in Germany… they had it as long as that store was open, for about 20 years or so. It really gave me the creeps.

Comment on Reverse Souvenirs by florapie

florapie — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:39:06 +0000

I like the beach idea! I didn’t even think to take pictures of pregnancy tests, and have had no interest in keeping a placenta, but the stub of my daughter’s umbilical cord sits in a ziploc bag on my dresser waiting for a better place. Throwing it in the ocean seems like a good solution

Comment on Reverse Souvenirs by Missy

Missy — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:58:04 +0000

Hmmm… I haven’t given this any thought yet. I will probably keep the 1st one (still have my pregnancy tests too) but with subsequent teeth I like your idea and may steal it.

Comment on Neighbor Wars by Baino

Baino — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:18:54 +0000

Good idea to sort it out and have some rules. I live next door to my brother and without setting guidelines it would be a mess. We have 6 cars between us so parking is an issue but we sorted it out amicably. Then some people just love to complain. Years ago I had a flat and the people in the flat below us complained that they could hear me walking into the kitchen at night . . my husband’s retort at the time “what do you want her to do f*ckn fly?”. That my friend was the end of that!

Comment on Reverse Souvenirs by Baino

Baino — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:15:10 +0000

I had friends for lunch yesterday and one was touring the East Coast in October. She was stunned by the concept of being closed for the ’season’ everything’s open all year here I guess with the exception of the ski fields which are still open to bushwalkers during the warmer months. I honestly can’t remember what I did with the kids teeth. I think I just threw them away after the “Tooth Fairy” had done her darndest.

Comment on Reverse Souvenirs by LeeAnne

LeeAnne — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:15:52 +0000

You’re going overseas again?!?!?!? How did I miss this?

I like what you do with the lost teeth. It reminds me a little bit of a former co-worker who, when she dies, wants her twin daughters to select their favorite spots (one each) and then scatter her ashes at both … that way, when they think of or visit these favorite places, they’ll think of her. I thought that was kind of neat.

Comment on Reverse Souvenirs by jmlc

jmlc — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:07:03 +0000

I think it’s a lovely idea. And I think you should read What-The-Dickens: The Story of A Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire.

Comment on Neighbor Wars by Batty

Batty — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:06:29 +0000

Some people have trouble with the idea that others are also entitled to things. Like space. The ability to leave their parking spot. The ability to sleep or have Thanksgiving dinner without being afraid stuff is going to bounce off the table.
Unfortunately, empathy doesn’t seem to be these people’s strong suit… I’m sorry.

Comment on Because He’ll Need Something to Write on his Homework Assignments by knitorious drivel

knitorious drivel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:31:08 +0000

And as difficult as it may be, you should think about what other kids can do to the name, not that you can ever make it childproof, but some names cause more issues than others. My other son doesn’t like his name (Daniel) because it’s too common and he was always called Danielle to tease him.

And I confess for years I called my brother Douglas “Dougly Ugly” until my mother heard me say it.