"So you've had these paper clips for like 20 years?"

Ryan asked me this question last night. I was showing him a picture that my friend Christen put on her blog. It was of her and my other friend Sue in honor of Sue's birthday. It was circa 1988 and they were standing in my room posing with my Pillow Person (we were around 10 years old I am guessing). Christen pointed out in her blog text that she was wearing a paper clip friendship necklace. I pointed to the necklace and said to Ryan, "do you see those paper clips?" and then I reached to my right to retrieve my plastic, heart-shaped paper clip container (also circa 1988) and pulled out 4 of the very same paper clips that Christen had in her necklace! Hence the question from Ryan about having 20 year-old paper clips. I don't know why I still have them! But why would you ever throw a paper clip away?? After seeing the picture of Chris and Sue and remembering the fun times that these paper clips brought us I think that next time I have to fasten two pages together I will definitely reach for one of the silver paper clips in my plastic, heart-shaped paper clip container and see if I can't keep these ones for another twenty years!




Here's to friendships (and paper clips) that last 20+ years!!!