Storage Unit or Life Time Capsule?
He hadn't been by the storage unit in a couple years. It was packed full of all kind of stuff from his life. He'd first rented it when he was fresh out of college, when his wife was expecting their first. Their two-bedroom apartment wasn't going to hold all of his knick-knacks and a baby nursery. The second bedroom-that he'd dubbed his "office"-had to be cleaned out. Boxes and boxes of stuff from college, from long before, that he had sworn were far too important to get rid of were now piled in precarious stacks in this storage unit, and most of it forgotten.
When he finally stopped by that old unit again, his nine-year-old son-his youngest-watching curiously from the open window of the pick-up, he was certain there was a garage sale to be had on the horizon. Off the top of his head, he couldn't remember a single thing he'd stashed away in there, so none of it could have been very important, right?
Lifting the door, he felt like nostalgia had punched him in the chest. The first thing he saw was a baby bed that he and his wife had put there last. Around it were stacked boxes full of unknown memories, and the man felt like the task of digging through them all was going to take months. Years. Why hadn't he just sold all this junk from the beginning?
A few boxes loaded into the back of the pick-up. He would tackle this a little at a time. A quick glance through the boxes after they'd arrived home, changed his tune just a little bit. His son had rather quickly lost interest in the old dusty things inside the boxes, but the stack of vinyls topped by The Beatles "Yesterday and Today" got the man's attention. Baseball cards dating back to the 1970s that he'd forgotten all about were scattered throughout the contents of the box. His old Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots took up most of one box.
That old storage unit that had once been a convenience to help clear junk out of the way had turned that junk into memories, a time capsule in their busy life.
When life turns events over on you that you just don't have space for, sometimes you need a place to put all your extra stuff to save for later, perhaps a time later in life when you will appreciate it all a little more. Either way, whether you just need to set some extra stuff aside for a few months or you're going to need extra space for eighteen years or so, Lubbock, Texas has many self-storage sites where you can pile up your old memories for a later time, and save some room for what's happening in life right now.
When he finally stopped by that old unit again, his nine-year-old son-his youngest-watching curiously from the open window of the pick-up, he was certain there was a garage sale to be had on the horizon. Off the top of his head, he couldn't remember a single thing he'd stashed away in there, so none of it could have been very important, right?
Lifting the door, he felt like nostalgia had punched him in the chest. The first thing he saw was a baby bed that he and his wife had put there last. Around it were stacked boxes full of unknown memories, and the man felt like the task of digging through them all was going to take months. Years. Why hadn't he just sold all this junk from the beginning?
A few boxes loaded into the back of the pick-up. He would tackle this a little at a time. A quick glance through the boxes after they'd arrived home, changed his tune just a little bit. His son had rather quickly lost interest in the old dusty things inside the boxes, but the stack of vinyls topped by The Beatles "Yesterday and Today" got the man's attention. Baseball cards dating back to the 1970s that he'd forgotten all about were scattered throughout the contents of the box. His old Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots took up most of one box.
That old storage unit that had once been a convenience to help clear junk out of the way had turned that junk into memories, a time capsule in their busy life.
When life turns events over on you that you just don't have space for, sometimes you need a place to put all your extra stuff to save for later, perhaps a time later in life when you will appreciate it all a little more. Either way, whether you just need to set some extra stuff aside for a few months or you're going to need extra space for eighteen years or so, Lubbock, Texas has many self-storage sites where you can pile up your old memories for a later time, and save some room for what's happening in life right now.
