Saturday, June 19, 2010
3:28 AM
Pencil Box
I LOVED that thing! LOVED it! It was one of two extra-special pencil boxes I had in elementary school that I treasured as though it were a toy. No idea why it meant so much to me but if I ever run across another one, I'm going to buy it because it is one of my most sentimental school-related favorites. School supplies were great fun when I was a kid and teachers weren't allowed to tell you which ones you could or couldn't have (like teachers do today) in your desk so we could buy our every heart's desire when we went back-to-school shopping. Every August, my mom always made sure that Bernie and I got lots of cool stuff that made us extra excited to begin a new school year. I loved back-to-school shopping. It was "second" only to Christmas and birthdays as the funnest shopping day of my year. Are you getting that my mom was/is the best one who has ever lived and that she busted her hard-working tail to make even the smallest of things special and memorable for Bernie and me? I feel sorry for anyone who isn't her child.