Years later, Mary got engaged. She and her fiance planned to move together to another city after getting married, and so they started to pack up their things, a bit at a time.
They found that combining two households meant they would need to get rid of some things.
But even as Mary made piles of clothes to donate and throughout most of her decor, she knew she would not move without that canvas.
Though she realized it wouldn’t quite fit the couple’s combined style, and though her car was packed to the ceiling already, she brought that canvas along.
Even though we don’t always realize it, our possessions often become tied in to our identities. It’s not until we consider getting rid of them that we realize the profound attachment we have to them. Only when we consider losing them do we realize how much they mean to us.
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