A Momentary Lapse of Reason

I must confess, I'm a chucker. I chuck first, ask questions second. I have few possessions that serve little to no utility save the occasional walk-down-memory lane. Don't get me wrong, I keep some of things matter most to me, like the hymnal my grandfather used when he led worship and the letters where my wife has poured out her heart to me. But I have little love for things that have no immediate purpose, like empty boxes.

My wife is not a chucker. She is a keeper. The picture to the right is her empty box collection. She will admit, that she doesn't have a purpose for the boxes. We are currently planning for the arrival of the baby, and realizing that we will need room for the baby's stuff. So, we've going to our large inventory and finding out what we can really do with out.

This experience has taught me a couple of things about how my wife and I vary in our thought process. I have found she is planning out for our future years in advance. She has a vision that our current living room furniture becomes our "playroom" furniture when we get a bigger house that has a basement that can be fully designated for that purpose. We currently have two desks. My idea is to downsize to one desk as we only need one. But she has a plan that one desk will eventually becomes our son when he is old enough to sit and enjoy doing his homework.

This causes a little bit of tension when I want to get rid of something that she has a plan for in 12 years (like the desk). But this difference is not something that causes rifts. Conflict like this lead to resolution and to closeness.