Aging with Grace: Using Beautiful Breakable Things
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 12:00AM I have things in my home I rarely use. Some because I forgot I have them. Some because don’t remember what they are for. (That explains the wide array of seemingly downsized phone chargers floating around the house)
Something I don’t use because they are meaningful to me and I’m afraid they are going to be broken or wear out. My grandmother’s china falls into the first category and the shawl I knitted the latter. Meanwhile both collect dust.
It was cool here yesterday. I retrieved the shawl from the storage closet and I am going to use it though this winter. I’m not sure about my grandmother’s china but I want to get it out of the china closet and into our lives more often.
Do you have anything you are reluctant to use because it might be broken or worn out?
How do you live with and enjoy beautiful things in your home?