I find myself becoming more sentimental about certain things as I get older, and especially in the past year since my Dad passed away. These coffee mugs are a good example...
In 2001, when my Mom was dying, I packed these away in a box and held on to them, and I didn't open the box until last week. I had forgotten I had saved these, and the memories rushed back of drinking chicken noodle soup and hot chocolate and so many other hot drinks out of these mugs. They're very heavy, so hard to tip over, so my parents early on designated them as the "kids mugs". They're probably close to my age or older, made in Japan, and I wish I knew the story of how my parents got them, but they're both gone and there's really nobody to ask now.
But they're now my treasures, and I keep them in public sight in the kitchen - they just mean home to me in some way. Very sentimental, I know... and that's the way it is.
So... do you think you're sentimental, or not?