It's Not How You Feel It Should Look - But How The Look Makes You Feel

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This old gal…

Broke a rule…a non debatable rule that she made…when moving into Little Cottage…keep the decorating clean…sleek…simple…display things you like…but at a minimum…

Did a good job…at first…not too many framed photos…or doodads…or magented things stuck on the fridge…but little by little…rule breaker me…sneaks in and over powers…sensible me…sees a former command strip tear…in some drywall upstairs…rule breaker me thinks hmmm…a corner shelf would cover that nicely…sensible me says no…no clutter…

An hour later…boxes had been searched…that tiny tear covered…by the dominating shape…of a treasured shelf…inherited from those grandparents of mine…

Not long after…sensible me…minding her own business…is blindsided…by that living on the edge…rule breaker…that shelf…came the thought…made by that brother of mine…would look great there…don it with a photo…maybe some doodads…and so it was…boxes searched…shelf displayed proudly…sensible me conceding to the old rule breaker…

For it’s not about how you feel it should look…but how the look…makes you feel…and those shelves…from those beloved people…make this old gal…

Feel…beloved…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…