gathered mementos before me—
- intricate paper snowflake
- 8-year-old’s bumblebee pennant (“Be Your Self”)
- green St. Patty’s Day beads
- gifted key chains from India
- sidewalk finds: peace sign, ocean wave pendants
- painted rock
- watercolor print
- B&W, small child (me) w/her daddy
- favorite mug, broken handle facing the wall
- poetry postcard from a good friend
- Harry Potter 9 ¾ wooden bookmark
- two oversized copper paperclips
any and each of which, still gladden my heart, still make me smile
A Sawyer's Daughter 
Julie, I adore “desk mates”.
It makes me want to take everything off my desk and begin again with cherished items, not the practical, uninteresting b.s.!
Shelly
In the end I want my heart to be covered in stretch marks. * ~ Andrea Gibson*
Thank you, friend. What prompted this was the ‘Be Your Self’ pennant which I bought at a craft show. The little guy who made it was so proud and I love how it should probably (?!?) have been written as ‘Bee Your Self’. But who am I to judge? 😀