It’s early in the morning but you’re bored so you go to the basement
Going into the workroom you spot the old box of miscellaneous items that need to be organized
Opening it reveals a whole world of old mysteries,
your grandpa’s old knife,
your dad’s uniform name tag,
your great-grandpa’s small portraits,
your grandma’s postcards,
your great-grandma’s cookie recipe,
your mom’s old pictures of her friends,
and all the little oddities that you wish you knew the story behind
You wonder what life they lived;
If they had time to sit and eat together, had hobbies, and could work as they pleased,
what would they be like if you didn’t know some of them?
What did they do to survive when their chances of living were slim?
What brought them together as a family?
What happened in their life that brought you to be alive at that very moment?
But thinking back you realize life was different back then
Different time
Different country
Different language
Different people
Different ideas
Different lives all around
For the rest of the day, you wonder about these ideas again and again
Thinking
If just for a moment
You could learn more about your
Roots
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