What's in your cupboards or closets? Strange question you ask? Maybe  --  but I have a reason for asking. Seriously just take a minute and think hard about what you have in your closests or cupboards or under the buffet stand. Do you even remember everything that you have put away for "Someday"? 

I know the last while has been like a treasure hunt at my house. I decided I wanted to see a certain photo alblum earlier on in the week so off I went to hunt it down. Sure enough it was like hunting in the jungle because for the life of me I could not remember where I put that particular alblum.

Well along the way of going through boxes and closets and drawers I found a few other interesting things that I had put away for "Someday"

There was a really nice white Tshirt I had put in the drawer because I did not want to wear it around in case I got a stain on it that would not come out. So I had put it away to wear with a pair of nice dresspants that I was going to buy "Someday". 

I came across a silverware set that was given to me by the Mom that raised me because it was her wedding silverware. I planned on using it "Someday" when I was having a special dinner and then I put it away to "Someday" give to my youngest daughter when I was through with it. How ironic because I have never even used it once so when would I be through with it? It was to special to use everyday because it had sentimental value. 

I found the gorgeous hand crocheted table cloth my Mother-in-law had so painstakingly made for me - still wrapped carefully in the tissue and plastic that she gave it to me in - put away carefully in my trunk. I had planned on using it "Someday" along with that special silverware when I made that special meal. 

I came across a teacup and saucer that was my grandmother's. I had wrapped it carefully and put it in my trunk so that it would never get cracked or broken. I remember putting it there when my girls were little because I was afraid one of them might drop it. That was a long time ago for sure. It now sits on the shelf in my sitting room so I can admire it everyday.

In my trunk were a pair of beautiful white candles that I had saved to use "Someday" for a romantic evening. They are so old that they have shrunk in size and turned brown in spots. Now they are to small to last very long if I were to use them. More lovely candles were in a box that I had gotten about 10 years ago from my daughters and I put them away because they were to pretty to use just for everyday so figured I would save them for something special. 

I found a few other things that I had put away for "Someday" for one reason or another. 

Well I sat beside my trunk and went through things and realized that the gifts i had been given were given to me to use not to lock up in a trunk for a "Special Someday" that might not happen. I decided that everyday I am alive is a special day. So I unpacked my trunk for the most part.

My tablecloth is ready to put on my table and the candles are out ready to use. I have decided that gifts are given to us to use while we are still here on earth to enjoy them and think of the person that gave them to us. One day we will be gone and those things will still be sitting in a trunk waiting for "Someday". So I have decided to appreciate the things I have been given now while I can.

Oh the silverware set will still go to my youngest daughter but it will be the next time I see her and not wait until after I am dead. I will definitely tell her to use it and not tuck it away for "Someday". 

Throughout the years I have bought this and that and put it away so that I had something to leave my daughters one day when I am no longer here. I have decided to take those things and give them to my daughters now so I can see them enjoying them while I am still alive. I guess I have just decided that to see their smiles now is much better then to wait until I am gone for them to aquire the things I have for them.

So why don't you go through those boxes in the attic or the drawers in the china cabinet and see what you have put away for "Someday". Put on that ring you got from your gramma instead of leaving it tucked away in the box. Use that lovely crystal you have instead of leaving it in the china cabinet. Enjoy your treasures now while you can. 

If you have something special to leave to one of your children and they are old enough to take care of it -- let them have it now so you can see them enjoying it. Stop saving things for "Someday" and then forgetting they are there. Put the pretty trinkets out on your shelves so you can enjoy looking at them whenever you want to.

Remember folks that "Someday" is now while you are here to enjoy your treasures.

Hugs and God Bless

Misker