The big spoon

Isn't it interesting the little things we take away from others? Especially those things that embed themselves in our personalities for years and years ... a phrase or word we use often in conversation, a particular way of folding and hanging a dishcloth or using a big spoon to eat breakfast cereal.

I have so many of these little habits. I can remember when I started doing each of them and who gave them to me. Each habit has morphed over time to become uniquely me but each will also always be a little piece of somebody I have loved in my life and will carry with me forever.