Offer From a Facebook Page

 

Offer: 

Scraps of fabric, lace, embellishments and ribbon. Most less than 6inches long. Good for scrapbooks and junk journaling.

 

Accumulated over years, maybe generations.

Some worn-out, some never finished,

Some the leftovers of other projects, carefully hoarded,

From a time when pennies were dear.

 

Now,

Pennies are a thing of the past,

There's no room in the house for things that carry only ghosts of second-hand memories,

And no time to make new ones from the scraps of a forgotten heritage.

 

I can't put a price on this,

So I give it freely,

Asking only that you gaze upon it fondly for a few minutes,

Your head full of grand plans,

Before pressing it between scrapbook pages,

Or putting it away for a project that will not come to fruition,

Eventually passing it on to another kind stranger

And their own grand plans.

 

 

 

Apologies to the original poster if this offends.  When I saw the picture, it reminded me so much of the fabric, crochet, and crafting scraps that my late wife saved, and we stored together through 40 years.  Right down to the ziploc bag.  I recently gave away most of those second-hand memories, too.  I'm sad to have done it, yet glad to have spared my children the task.