Showerthought: I used to think my grandpa's old stories were just boring history

I was helping him clean out his garage in St. Louis last fall and he pointed to a dented toolbox, saying, 'Your mom made that dent trying to fix her bike when she was ten.' That one detail made all his other stories feel real, not just dates and places. Do you have a small object that suddenly made a family story click for you?

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finley_gonzalez4912d ago

Did I ever tell you about my dad's old baseball glove?

ruby_jones11d ago

Reminds me of my friend's weird garage sale find.

stellaperry11d ago

Oh man, @ruby_jones, garage sale finds can be the weirdest. My neighbor once bought a lamp shaped like a giant ceramic foot. It was honestly kind of creepy, but he loved it. People just get rid of the strangest stuff.