re: What’s the one item that you would leave behind

my parents were crack heads and i was a toilet baby. all they left me was in the sedan in the summer with the windows rolled up while they played video poker at a truck stop.

I remember my father for something he used to say, there are two important character traits that will make you a true man.

Honor and Integrity.

We have my parents IDs, dad’s military paperwork. We also have a pillow made from one of mom’s plaid shirts.

We also have my grandmother’s sewing kit.

It’s all sentimental.

Oh, and going through a box of the few things that survived the flood, we found my mom’s temporary bridge. So, I’m all set if I ever need some teeth!!

Funeral Home bill

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What do you remember your parents with?

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knives, guns, photo albums, furniture, and artwork

I was given my Great Grandfathers clock he received for being a Pioneer corn seed salesman for 50 years in Minnesota. He came over to America in 1923 from Sweeden when he was a young boy along with his 13 brothers and sisters. He was a farmer and tried to enlist during WW2 but was told to continue farming as the troops and America needed his product, corn.

That clock sits atop my Grandmothers piano she gave me right before she passed away. Some of my fondest memories are sitting with her on the piano bench and watching her play and sing. I play guitar and bass and can play a few tunes on the piano but not very well. It's one of my most prized possessions.

I don't have anything personal of mine that's worth much, maybe my Fender bass and Martin guitar I'll pass down. More than likely I give the clock to one of my son's and the piano to the other.