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"No. Not spending money on a balloon. That's garbage, junk."
Yeah, dad, it is.
In a week, it'll be trash.
The helium will all run out, and the balloon will crash to the floor. And even if I put it in my toy box to try to save it, eventually someone will chuck it out.
Or is it a happy memory? Is it a few hours, a few days, of joy? A brief reason to be grateful for life?
Why is anything that doesn't last forever automatically garbage?
You car doesn't last.
Mom didn't last.
But every one of those memories was worth it. Worth everything.
Well said -- memories are worth it, even if they don't last. They are not garbage.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad said that everything was a "rip off."
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