I read Everyday Use by Alice Walker in high school, and it made a big impression on me. Even when I was a small child, I had that impulse to save special things for some special day, then discovered that sometimes that day never comes and before you know it, you've outgrown that special thing, or it's gone bad without ever being used. So now I make a conscious effort to fight that impulse and enjoy the things I have while I have them, not saving them for some special day that may or might not ever come.
I read Everyday Use by Alice Walker in high school, and it made a big impression on me. Even when I was a small child, I had that impulse to save special things for some special day, then discovered that sometimes that day never comes and before you know it, you've outgrown that special thing, or it's gone bad without ever being used. So now I make a conscious effort to fight that impulse and enjoy the things I have while I have them, not saving them for some special day that may or might not ever come.
God, Everyday Use also made a huge impression on me. Never seen someone else bring it up, but I think about it fairly often
Oh cool! I've never heard anyone else talk about it either, but it's stayed with me for more than 20 years.