Feeling the feeeels.
I moved into a new place three days ago, and today I finally unpacked my Pyrex collection and put it out on display. I haven’t actually seen most of it in several years.
After leaving an extremely abusive marriage and downsizing, I just didn’t have the space to have my collection out anymore. So unpacking it today unexpectedly hit me pretty hard… in a good way.
Some of my happiest memories from that time in my life were antique hunting with my stepdaughter and my grandparents. My grandma passed away earlier this year, and we were extremely close. We had been antique shopping together since I was two years old. My grandparents even had their own antique booth for about a decade, and they used to take road trips all over the country collecting things they loved. Their house is basically a treasure chest of memories.
Looking at my Pyrex today brought so much of that back. I thought about all the afternoons spent hunting for treasures with my grandma and grandpa, and all the fun times antique shopping with my stepdaughter, who I’m still very close with.
It was such a strange feeling because some of these things came from a really difficult chapter of my life, but they also hold some of my happiest memories from that chapter.
After so much darkness, it felt really special to be able to unpack these things and actually enjoy them again. To have the happy parts of that time in my life out where I can see them, instead of packed away in storage.
I know it’s “just Pyrex” to some people, but today it felt like a little reminder that even in the middle of some really hard seasons, there can still be beautiful things worth holding onto.
Anyway… I’m just really happy to have my collection home and on display again.