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15 things I found while starting to clear out my childhood bedroom

It's time for me to stop storing stuff at my mom's.

  1. A googly-eyed ornament I made (it also has bells)
  2. A small tile with my name on it
  3. The Land of the Lawn Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales by David Lubar 
  4. A plastic lobster my brother, my dad, and I would take to the beach to make sand lobsters
  5. An old red flip phone
  6. So many Dear America (and one Dear Canada) books
  7. A faded piece of purple paper that said: 'Follow the tears' in spooky handwriting
  8. Empty photo frames
  9. My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville
  10. A photo frame made by someone in my high school class with poetry all over it
  11. A progress report of mine from physics class freshman year of high school (I got an A)
  12. A book by Russel Brand that I have no memory of anyone in my household ever getting
  13. My brother's AYSO participation trophy
  14. Clothes I'd forgotten I had
  15. A care guide for green anoles (I used to have one)

(Prompt by me)



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