So, for my birthday a friend bought me a book of writing prompts – 300 to be exact. So Mike and I decided it would be fun to go through and do these together.
There are a few rules:
1. It’s time restrained – 7 minutes
2. You can’t look at the prompt until you’re ready to type
3. You have to stop, even mid-sentence, when the timer goes off
4. No edits after the timer
Prompt: Describe in detail one item that you would love to inherit from a relative, or that you have inherited.
Mike:
I think if I could inherit something from a relative it would be maybe my dad’s RV. I don’t know if I want the work related to keeping an RV going, but if I ever owned one; inheriting his would be the only way. I do have some memories of dad supporting RAGBRAI with it and we went on a few trips with it. If I had his RV I would make sure to go on at least two trips a year with it. I thought it was awesome when he bought it. It was such a commitment to just a hobby. I hope he gets a chance to have some more fun with it while he is still able. I’ve said I think it would be cool to tailgate a Vols game sometime in Knoxville. I don’t know if we will ever pull that together though.
Total other random item is Julie’s mixing bowls. I know there is a long line of people looking at them longingly…Not only are they nice bowls, Kandace and I have some great memories preparing for holidays cooking with them.
Ace:
It’s a ring. A simple ring with a gold band and a single diamond. I don’t know what size the diamond is but that doesn’t really matter to me.
This ring belonged to my grandma. Before she passed away she gave it to my mom and I hope to get it from my mom one day.
I may be holding on to a memory, but that’s all I’ve got. My grandma passed away when I was 10. She was one of my best friends. I loved going over to her house. Who knows why, there weren’t any other kids there, they didn’t have a ton of games to play, and the TV that I was allowed to use was one you had to turn the dial that was on the TV and then adjust the bunny ears for each station. But, I loved it. I would go camping with her and my grandpa in the summers which was awesome and I have fond memories of that. I would talk to my grandma on the phone often, and would ask to spend the night there as frequently as I could. To this day, I’m pretty sure I was her favorite grandchild.
So the ring, doesn’t have a significant part in the memories, but it started with someone who was very important to me and it now belongs to the most important woman in my life now. I think maybe it’s a symbol of love and memories, but also strong women. At least I think that’s what it means to me.
I don’t want the ring today. I want my mom around more than I want the ring, so if I could trade the ring for forever, I would. That’s not realistic though, and so to have something so simple and beautiful to have with me each day…
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