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Stored Treasure - Count it All Joy - 1998

Do you have a store room in your house? A basement or perhaps a room hidden away from the eyes of visitors that houses the trash and treasures of your life? For twenty years, I have lived in an old two story home with ample area to keep “stuff,” and mercy, have I ever kept everything! In anticipation of a possible move, I have spent the past several weeks sifting through the closets, drawers, and storage areas of our residence. The results have been incredible. It’s not as if I didn’t know what was there… but just that I had forgotten much of it, and the sheer volume was overwhelming! We have a wonderful attic. It’s like one you would see on the cover of a Nancy Drew mystery… bare rafters, wooden plank floor, windows looking down to the ground far below. A single light bulb illuminates the large area, which until recently, was filled to overflowing with two decades of family collectibles. Included in that description are the castoffs from our parents’ store rooms and the entire lifetim...