First, I have to say this is the first time the Greensboro Library has truly come through for me on a new book. So, thanks.
As to the book and its author; damn fine work. I never really liked Rhev before, but he's fine now. I'm really looking forward to the next chapter in this amazing world. I thought the book was excellent. Truly well written, the characters believable and true to their motivations, no thread was started and left dangling (have you read Delicious? if so, you know what I mean). I positively adored the growth in Wrath throughout the book.
Loved it, loved it, loved it.
Now I'm going to go listen to one of the Twilight books again while I try to bring some sense of order to my life.
And a question. I know all about the Cinderella Projects and I support then, I do. The evil witch who married my father and then talked him into abandoning his family and leaving everything that my mother literally killed herself for to here skanky ass, (bitter, you bet your damn bippies); threw a huge pile of all my family's evening dresses into my car as I left my family home, sobbing, for the last time. DD and I went through them, and they bring back so many memories. Lots of bridesmaids dresses, formals from college, dresses my mother wore, even the academic gown my brother wore when he got his Masters. They brought back so very many bittersweet memories==in a totally visceral way. But, I don't have room for them--physically or probably emotionally. Any suggestions as to how to hold on to the immediacy of the memories while letting the fabric go? I would say I'd make pillow quilts out of them, but I've got other things ofmy mother's that I plan (eventually) to do that with. I don't think just takinng picturees of them will have the same effect. SO, anybody got a clue?
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Oh, Honey, you're allowed to be bitter. I'll be bitter against her with you, if it makes you feel any better.
OK, for the dresses, I'm guessing paid storage is not an option and either would the XH (wasband) be one. Is there any way you could get your kids to model the garment (gender appropriate or not, your choice and theirs), take pictures of them, and make a scrapbook. Followed by whatever cleansing method you like (burning, eBay, giant donation to Goodwill, consignment shop).
Just some thoughts of the top of my head.
OK, on the re-read the first sentence of my second paragraph makes less sense than I thought (damn typos); what I meant was that I'm guessing your X would not be someone with whom you could store your mother's things.
Betty, Darlin', you break my heart.
I would do a scrapbook - hang each dress/garment, take a photo, and maybe see if you can photos from when the garments were actually worn. Make some nice memories that way, but then donate them. I bet your local HS guidance counselor would know exactly who could take them and redistribute. By giving others the opportunity to make use of them, you will turn some seriously bad karma into good.
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