Do I Want to Have a Coin Collection or Stamp Collection AGAIN?

One of the nice benefits to me personally about doing this blog is remembering some of the forgotten pieces of my memory collection. I remember now that as a kid I had a stamp collection and my brothers had either a stamp collection or a coin collection or both. But I also remember that my Mother had both and thought that we should as well. I now believe that the reason we had those collections was because she wanted to have someone to share in the process of collecting and maintaining those collections. It is always more fun to share those experiences with other people who enjoy doing the same thing together. Which I believe is one of the reasons for the prevalence of "clubs" or associations of coin collectors or any kind of "collectors".

But the reason I don't still have that stamp collection is because that was what my Mother wanted me to have. I had no passion for it. As I said in my first blog post------if a collection is to remain with you, you need to have a passion for it and enjoy the collecting and maintaining of that collection.

I am fortunate in that one of my best friends from grade school and high school has just reasppeared into my life after fifty years. We just discovered that after all that time and several moves and different life happenings, we find ourselves living in the same community, very far from where we grew up and within three miles of each other. I have now found someone with whom I can haunt garage sales, estate sales and flea markets. In fact she, having had an antique shop for several years, has always wanted to attend the huge flea market held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. So-------the second Sunday in March we are going together to Pasadena. Yeah, a road trip with a friend! My husband said that he would like to go with us; but I am sure that it is to see the Rose Bowl not the flea market. I'll let you know how it was after we have been there.

The bottom line for me is that I know that I do like to have "collections"; but they have to be my collections, not my Mother's. So explore your memory collections and see if you want to have your coin or stamp collections or whatever you once collected again or still. I know that coins or stamps are not for me.