As a child in the 80's, stickers were EVERYTHING. Be they puffy, shiny, scratch & sniff, or just a favorite cartoon character, stickers were something to cherish and perhaps trade, and were often displayed in a sticker album.
The problem with most sticker albums was object permanence: once you removed the paper backing and adhered the sticker to the page, it was there forever. I remember one sticker that was so precious to me that I refused to put it in an album. It was a silver castle, in raised metallic glory, on a turquoise background. I probably still had that sticker somewhere in my desk well past my college years because I was to afraid to stick it on anything.
Today, stickers are still popular decorations for water bottles and laptops, and I have a few stickers displayed on these items. But I have an envelope with dozens of preciou
s stickers waiting for the perfect, permanent place to be displayed. Some of them have been in hiding for more than 8 years. These are lovely reminders of places I've been, and things I enjoy but I'm afraid to I'm afraid to waste them, so I keep them tucked away.
The cover of my laptop broke a few years ago and my thoughtful partner ordered and installed the replacement himself, but in doing so two things happened:
- I lost the three beloved stickers that were on the old cover
- The new screen was slightly cracked due to installation errors, but was still very usable.
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