Yet again I am behind on the blogging!! I am still new to the blogging world, so it is taking me a while to get in the swing of things! Day nine's theme was "Passions and Hobbies". It took me a long time to find a topic for this one, and then it dawned on me: my mother's bell collection. For as long as I can remember, and most likely before I was born, my mother has been collecting bells from areas she has visited, or from gifts from areas other people have visited. I love my mother's bell tradition as each bell brings a memory and a story. For example, the bell that she got from the mission in San Diego in 2009 is where she was baptized, and she went back there for the first time in many years! She also has several bells that she won in running races in the 1980's before I was born. For my mother and for me, bells are not just a decorative piece for a house, or for a means to make noise, but links to our memories and our past.
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