Make Room For A Colorful New Future

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This old gal…

Was sorting and purging…office supply drawers this time…paper clips…envelopes…that sort of thing…

Came across the old teacher desk items…the one retiring me couldn’t throw away…bookmarks…name labels…cutsie notelets acquired in the 80s…

And then…there it was…the plastic pencil box filled with markers…markers purchased on a school supply shopping spree…markers that made little girls excited for school to start…

Markers with initials…and googly eyed smiley faces…markers from long ago…markers 20 years old…markers most likely dried up…or at least crusty…

Markers mama me doesn’t want to let go…but knows it’s time…time to say good-bye to the little girl past…marking the end of an era…

And making room…for a colorful new future…
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And those daughters of mine…agree…