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Memorable Childhood Gift from Mammaw

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Ungame prompt: tell us about a special gift you received as a child.

I was given many special gifts as a kid, there was giant Teddy, and regular Teddy (I wasn’t creative with naming things) my bike, and obviously more. But the first gift that comes to mind is one from my Mammaw in my preteen years.

She and I shared a love of office supplies. I had so much fun playing school and office (yeah, I was that kid). Anyway, she noticed this, and for Christmas one year she gave me a brimming box of office supplies.

First, the box itself was part of the gift. It was grey plastic that you could lock and on top there was a clip so the box could double as a clipboard. She gave me pens, mechanical pencils (all the new rage), stapler, staple remover, ruler, scissors, even a date-time stamp + stamp pad. She must have gone to the office aisle of K-Mart and purchased one of everything.

While it was 30+ years ago, but I can say that I still have the stapler and staple remover. Oh! And a hole punch, I still have that too.

Journaling and Self-Reflection with Ungame Conversation Starter

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A tool used by one of my therapists in group is called Ungame. It’s meant to be a conversation starter, get to know you tool, and generally a way for people to talk about themselves.

I LOVED it.

I think it’s great way to journal, ask yourself the tough questions and potentially use topics as future blog posts. They have a set for teens, couples, and families. I have the all ages set.

Ungame All Ages Version

Here’s the Amazon link: https://a.co/d/hQwONM4 (I don’t get any proceeds/kickbacks from Amazon).

An example… How do you choose between right and wrong? I think maturity, societal norms, values instilled in me by parents/family, and own moral compass help me make the choice between right and wrong. Because I seem to have a very strong internal moral compass there are times that I disagree with what society (and sometimes even the law) says it right or wrong. Especially if that viewpoint leans strongly conservative.

Some of my top values that I rely on to help are empathy, bravery, courage, challenge, comfort, compassion, connection, diversity, inclusion, education, empathy, family/friendship, humility, imagination, leadership, love, mindfulness, tenacity, resilience, honesty… There are a lot listed here and probably a lot that I missed. These make up the collage that is me. And to be honest, I’m pretty stoked about that collage (today anyway).