Happy birthday, Mom!!!
Recently, I got a box from my mom. I was told it had a quilt that she had made for me in it. I couldn’t remember Mom ever making me a quilt, so I was quite curious. I opened the box, and indeed there was a quilt from my mom. It was the bedspread I’d used when I was little. I remembered it well.
I went looking through my photo albums for a picture of my childhood bedroom. I couldn’t remember when my room decor switched from this homemade bedspread to my Holly Hobbie (you know, the little girls with the big bonnets) phase.
(Somewhere around nine years old, we painted my room mint green, put up Holly Hobbie accent wallpaper, and I got a white bedroom ensemble, complete with a Holly Hobbie canopy bed. For anyone who can’t see me living in a Holly Hobbie room, I did cover all the walls with Disney posters.)
To my dismay, I had no pictures of my bedroom with either Mom’s quilt or my Holly Hobbie bedspread. The first photo I found still had the green walls and wallpaper, but it had a rainbow sherbert bedspread (which I don’t remember at all.) I had a couple more pictures of my room in high school when the Holly Hobbie decor finally disappeared, and we painted my walls blue. (At that point, posters of military helicopters joined the Disney ones.)
What I found strange was that I was sure I had taken photos of my room – lots of photos. I got my first camera in the fifth grade, and I have pictures of our family room, dining room, kitchen, front street, backyard, and pool, along with a ton of Disneyland and vacation shots. But I never thought to take pictures of my bedroom. That’s a shame because I had an awesome room. (I included a couple of photos below to show you how awesome it was.)
Now, that was back in the 80s when film had to be developed, so I did have to be selective, but that isn’t true anymore. So, in honor of my childhood bedroom that only lives in memories, grab your phone and take pictures of all the rooms in your house, even the bathroom.
It may seem like decor never changes, but at least for me, that wasn’t true. I wish I had those photos. You may not appreciate the pictures of your home today, but when you receive a mysterious package from the past, you’ll be glad you have them.
Oh, and Mom, if you have any pictures of this cute bedspread that you made me in my room, I’d love to see them. Happy birthday!!!
