By Patty Kunze
Writing as the Rollin RN encourages me to define topics that are medically related
to spinal cord injuries but I was felt compelled to share another topic today… MAGNET
MOMENTS. It’s a simple topic but one I wanted to share. I find that our lives get so busy that we
forget to stop and ruminate about the times we shared with family and
friends.
Recently I was rolling in our garage, when I
stopped and gazed at the magnets on the front door of our 2nd refrigerator. Our stainless steel fridge in the kitchen
doesn’t allow magnets due to the specialized coating on the doors but I didn’t
want to bag our magnets that have been collected for many years and toss in a
cabinet or drawer. So they found their
way into the garage on the spare refrigerator door. As I sat in my wheelchair looking at each
magnet, they each brought back a vivid memory to mind. Others share their children’s school grades,
drawings done by tiny tots, graduation photos…it’s a wall of recognition for
many. It’s really mindboggling to ponder
over your life just by looking at a door on the fridge.
I gaze at our door and reminisce about the
locations we have traveled…..Canada, Germany, Outer Banks, North Carolina,
Gatlinburg, TN, Clearwater, Florida, many others……..ALL prior to my spinal cord
injury. I remember the family photos
collected and magnetized…..my husband on the beach pre-children, our oldest son
starting kindergarten, our children with cousins enjoying a vacation, and
several school photos of our sons. And
then there are the magnets we received as souvenirs from others, the magnets
each of us picked up as a memory of a special occasion or vacation, and the
all-time favorites…..pizza ordering phone numbers. Actually some of our magnets date back 30
plus years.
To further explain my thought process…..examine,
really scrutinize your refrigerator door of magical magnets. A glance at each magnet should transform you
to a certain date or location. Remember
eating cereal as an adult and the taste immediately takes you back to your
childhood when you had that cereal as a child.
Well I get that the same reaction to each magnet.
But as I survey the sights before me and reminisce,
I realize there are no magnets since my spinal cord injury….why I might ask? We have traveled after my spinal cord injury
while I was in a wheelchair. Could it be
because we now capture pictures on our fancy cell phones…….never to glance at them
again?
Now is the time to start recollecting life’s
little adventures as magical magnets to your fridge. I know I will, as I roll past our garage
fridge, smiling.
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ReplyDeletethanks for information in http://www.mobilewomen.org/2016/03/magnet-moments.html..
ReplyDeleteMagnet moment is the very rare moment ,, such love is a magnet moment,,lol