Security blanket

[dampscribbler]

I'm doing laundry. I just realized that the blanket in the washer right now is one I've had almost my entire life -- I think we got it when I was about 10, and got my first brand-new bed. I took it to college with me. When I practically lived with my boyfriend in college, it went with me to his place and kept us both warm. When I moved out on my own, it, of course, came along.

It's a twin-sized blanket, and we don't even own a twin-sized bed, but I keep it and from time to time it gets used for one thing or another. Most recently, my brother used it when he came to visit and slept on an air mattress. That's why it's getting washed today.

Do you have something that you keep, that keeps you? What is it?

Comments

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

I thought you were going to say that Linus inherited your blankie!

How do you feel about it being in storage now? Do you ever glance at the bed and have to remind yourself that it's put away, or has it not even crossed your mind?

[chocolatesmudge.livejournal.com]

I would have given it to him, but it's so threadbare it can hardly be called a blanket anymore. I'm surprised I don't miss it. I had planned on "archiving" it when I got married and became a Real Grown Up, but at the time I couldn't bring myself to do it.

[dampscribbler.livejournal.com]

You probably don't miss it because there's so much new in your life!

Marriage was a grown-up thing, but becoming a parent feels more grown-up than anything ever before.