This little stuffed music box is the first possession I can remember. As a baby, I would wake up, wi

Written: January 23, 2025

This little stuffed music box is the first possession I can remember. As a baby, I would wake up, wind the key, and lay back down, listening to its slow, soothing song. Over the years, the music slowed--just like time itself seems to do as you grow older. Now, it plays so faintly, one note a day.
For a long time, it was lost, and I thought it was gone forever. But now, it's back in my desk, a small piece of my childhood returned to me. When I look at it, I think of all the smiling faces from my past--my aunts, great-aunts, my dad's coworkers, and everyone who once beamed with joy at little me.
Now, when it chimes, I like to imagine those smiles are still shining down, some even from heaven..

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