Love letters
An unsent suicide note
Her squishmallow
A happy buddha statue
An elephant side table
Her kalimba and tamborine
The Clavinova
Pounds of sheet music
VHS tapes and DVDs of lifelong favorites
CDs - Meticulously organized
Vinyl - Less meticulously organized
Vicodin
Transcriptions of phone calls
Dozens of micro-cassettes stored in purple Crown Royal bags
Treasured 35mm cameras
Scores of 35mm negatives
A bronze baby shoe
A bronze ballet slipper
"I love New York" posters, postcards, t-shirts, magnets
NYC subway maps
T-shirts from TKTS, Bloomingdales, Godspell
Stacks of Playbills
Suede leather poncho with matching hat
Peace sign keepsakes
Temporary tattoos of butterflies
Syringes of liquid Oxy
Pop-tarts
Peach yogurt
A dozen clocks - all working
A dozen watches - none working
Tiny plates painted by tiny hands "I love you"
Seashells from Sanibel
Shalimar-scented powder
A&D ointment, portioned into tiny balm containers
Baby books - hers and ours
Wedding pictures - hers and ours
Bessemer high school yearbook - a parade of southern girls with identical hairstyles
Newspaper clippings of her published photos
Pictures of her children
Pictures of her children as children
Pictures of her children as parents
Pictures of her grandchildren
Pictures finger-painted by her grandchildren
Pictures of a life that was uniquely hers
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