Childhood Memories Immortalized

Written by Braiden Rex-Johnson on August 22, 2011

Several months ago, I ran across some cross-stitch and a needlepoint canvases that I had created during my childhood. They’d been locked up in an old suitcase for years, so were still in credible shape, with just a stain or two around the edges.

Instead of leaving them tucked away, I decided to get them framed at a nearby Aaron’s Brothers store. It wasn’t an inexpensive proposition, but I felt this little reminder of childhood deserved to be on show.

Here are the results–three canvases that now hang proudly on one of our bedroom walls.

Do you have touchstones to your past that are hiding away in an old drawer or corner?

Do you remember the past, and honor it?

Don’t you think we should all commemorate our young lives more often?

  • Synchronicity abounds!
    Just this week I came across 2 needlepoint pieces I’d created in the early years of my first marriage, back in the 70s. I just took them to the framers this past week and will give them to my daughter, now the executive director of an historical museum, for Mother’s Day…after all, no daughter, no mother!

    Comment by Victoria Pendragon — May 1, 2012

  • Thanks, Victoria. Glad you are keeping your family heirlooms in good shape and passing them along to the next generation. Happy May Day!

    Comment by Braiden — May 1, 2012

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