Monday, February 16, 2015

Plastic Wrap

How were we to know that when we walked into that Costco nine years ago, we would be coming home with a new addition to the Alden family? We simply went in for laundry detergent, sliced cheese and peanut butter.  We were so young.  So naïve. So unprepared.

I don't know whose idea it was, perhaps it was mine.  A question so casually asked; "Do we need plastic wrap?" And we did. Yes, we did in fact need plastic wrap. So, we bought plastic wrap. Seven hundred and fifty feet of plastic wrap

Within three months, the detergent was gone, the cheese and peanut butter too.  But the plastic wrap? Why, we barely scratched the surface - a mere three feet at best. 

The years passed.  We moved from Bristol to Bristol and brought the wrap with us.  A few more years passed, we moved from Bristol to South Carolina - Bill, Janet, Ginger and the plastic wrap.... we all moved 800 miles to South Carolina.  We had become so attached, so fond of our plastic wrap, it was hard to imagine a time when it was not a part of the Alden family. We were planning another move soon and of course the wrap would come with us. 

A few months ago, I noticed that the roll was getting smaller.  I needed to tell Bill. We needed to prepare ourselves. Plus, he had a right to know. The thought of not having plastic wrap in our life, why it never occurred to me.  Oh, when I think of my plans about taking the wrap to our new home - I was so sure that we would always have the plastic wrap in our life. 

I was home alone yesterday, and as I feared, I came to the end of the wrap. I am not ashamed to admit that I wasn't strong enough and I waited for Bill to come home. I couldn't do it without him. Besides, he had a right to be here. We would say goodbye together. 

With Bill's steady hand on my shoulder, I used the last of the plastic wrap to cover my oatmeal cookie dough. It was done. I wiped a tear and Bill got his keys.  We were going to Costco.

12 comments:

  1. How you can turn the story of your plastic wrap into a blog post is a GIFT....... AND I had to read to the end to see how it turned out. You had me at "walking into Costco nice years ago! " hahahahaaa! Cute post, Janet!

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  2. Thanks sweetie. I had to use a new wrap today, and it just wasn't the same. sigh.

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  3. I loved this... There are a few things that have traveled with us from Michigan to South Carolina to Florida, but alas, not the plastic wrap :)

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  4. HA! Cosco, their new slogan "Creating memories and family memories"!

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  5. Thanks for sharing yours and Bill's journey with the plastic wrap, I laughed and was saddened at the same time! LOL! Here's to 750 more feet of plastic wrap! CHEERS!

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  6. Oh Brian, I adore you! Thanks for the note!

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  7. Janet, You can take something as mundane as a Plastic wrap and breathe life into it. I am sure, we all, over the years, have moved things over and over from place to place. Now that makes me wonder what all do I have in those unopened moving boxes................
    Abhay

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  8. I know what you mean, I have had our Costco plastic wrap since May 28,2004, the box is getting lighter and soon we will need a new box, but it keeps on giving.

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  9. How one can actually bring a tear to one's eye by making plastic wrap part of the Alden family was sad, yet hysterical. You are a funny woman! Keep 'em coming <3 Love

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    1. Thanks for reading and for the encouragement! Appreciate it! ☺️

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  10. LOL!! I will never look at plastic wrap again the same way! Thank you!!! 😀

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