Precious Organizing Memories

A friend was talking about precious memories of music in her life and shared a story of her father who had a beautiful tenor voice and every morning very early could be heard singing throughout the house or when he was outside all the neighbors could hear him because of his big booming voice.

Years later when he was in a nursing home and she would walk in to the building she knew it was a good day if she could hear him singing and not so good a day if she didn't hear him singing.
Because I organize homes, give home organizing tips, and organizes home offices I asked myself the question do I have any precious memories of organizing. The first thought that came to mind was a compliment I received from my daughter when she was twelve years old. We had gone to a relative's for Thanksgiving dinner. The table we sat at for dinner was covered with junk and 30 minutes after the planned time to eat she just swept the stuff off and threw handfuls of silverware into the center of the table.

After dinner the children went off to play games as they were scattered and pieces missing in every one. They decided to make up a game involving paper and pencils but they couldn't find pencils. They asked their mom where the pencils were and she couldn't come up with an answer. Then they decided to create crafts, but that involved using scissors which also couldn't be found. When we left their home my then eleven year old daughter thanked me for keeping our home organized, for caring enough about them to have places for pencils, games, and teaching her and her sisters how to keep their rooms organized.

The same daughter called me from college years later just to say thank you to me for having our home organized and for teaching her how to organize. She had so many roommates who were 'slobs' and it really bothered her and made her appreciate me all the more. It takes time and effort, stick-to-it, sometimes frustration, trial and error, creativity, and determination to have a home organized and to teach children to organize. But when your children report back years later and thank you, it is worth all the bother it seemed to be at the time. This is what creates Precious Organizing Memories.

Marilyn Bohn's BioMarilyn is a creative organizer who has been organizing for over 20 years. She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers and is working towards becoming a Certified Professional Organizer. Professionally she has been organizing homes and offices for over two years. She holds a bachelors degree in Social Work. She has reared five daughters and currently lives in Utah.
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