My dilemma

As I've sorted through my things, I've been forced to contemplate how important each of my belongings is to me. Here is something I found that has me stumped.

It's a quilt kit. Now before you think 'oh brother here's another project she didn't finish' (haha!) let me provide a bit of history for this item.

I bought this kit approximately 32 years ago. I was seriously involved with my boyfriend at the time. I bought this kit thinking I would make this quilt and perhaps someday, if we got married, we could use it on our bed. I was in college at the time. I lived at home and commuted over an hour (one way) to school where I took classes on a full time basis. When done with classes I worked part time at a local grocery store (where I earned enough money to buy a car, pay for my car insurance, pay my tuition, pay room and board to my parents and still have enough left over to have a social life). I'm sharing this information because between traveling to and from school, completing my schoolwork and also working part time, I didn't have a lot of free time to work on this quilt.

Life happens. Over the next decade, that boyfriend and I got engaged, married, bought a house, had a child, moved to another state and got divorced. I don't mean to minimize the importance of all of those events by summarizing a decade in just one sentence. I could write a book about each event. They're what made me who I am today. But this blog is about sorting through material goods and this post provides an explanation of the thought process related to an unfinished project.

This quilt was worked on in fits and starts over the years. As you can see the cross stitching is nearly done. Hence my dilemma. It's nearly done. It's very personal. My dreams, hopes and energy are sewn into it. How can I get rid of it?

I just read what I wrote and realized that writing it helped me decide what to do. I can't get rid of this. The young woman who I was is sewn into it. I'll keep it and someday finish it. It's blue; Meghan's favorite color. Maybe someday she would like it. It's related to her too.