Silverware Drawer

“If I were God’s West Coast representative,
I would have a much more organized system,
all sad and weird events were in the
knife slot in your silverware drawer,
joy and peace where the big forks go,
acceptance of the mystery in the salad fork slot,
resentments and the desire for revenge
in with the teaspoons.”
~ Anne Lamott ~

I shared this quotation and photo with my siblings because I know they all like Anne Lamott -- AND because I wanted them to see that I still have our old yellow silverware tray from the kitchen drawer of our childhood. Could they believe that I still have this plastic artifact, going back to 1965 or so? As well as some of the old silverware with stars? Our dad always had one of these beside his coffee cup!

Yeah, yeah, they could believe it, but my youngest brother had just one question:

Q:
"Why oh why, are there spoons in with the forks?
That's bugging me."

A:
"Because my silverware drawer is a complete mess!"

Full Disclosure:

Untidy, but on the bright side,
there’s some good stuff in there!

E.g.
1. my Little Green Sprouts
2. my tiny cereal box stickers
(that came stuck to my bananas 40 year ago!)

If you need a New Year's Resolution,
you can resolve to organize your silverware drawer
(but I'm probably going to keep mine as is).