I’ve been an antique dealer and collector for most of my
life, in fact I started actively buying from estates as a teenager. Since the
beginning, I’ve been fascinated by which objects people are eager to sell
versus what they feel compelled to keep.
Even people who don’t like antiques will often hold onto a piece of
heirloom jewelry or china. Rocking chairs and kitchen implements are also
favorite keepsakes. One time I bought an entire estate, except for a broken
wooden milking stool that the owner couldn’t bare to part with. I asked the
owner if it reminded him of a family member and was surprised to learn he
hadn’t ever noticed it before that day. But he stood there clutching the stool
like it was the most important thing in the world.
Incidences like the man and his milking stool have I’m
convinced it isn’t always sentimental, aesthetic, or financial reasons that
draw a person to keep a certain objects. Sometimes the attraction happens at a
deeper level. When a person uses an
object for years, it’s bound to absorb their vibes and develop psychic energy--like
a paintbrush used by an artist or a cook’s favorite mixing spoon. This energy may not resonate with everyone,
but certain people will be attracted and experience a feeling of wellbeing or
garner strength from the object’s energy.
I’m not talking about a spirit literarily being housed in an
object or about psychometry. I’m referring to a subtle energy that radiates comfort.
Of course, this can be experienced in
the opposite way as well. Some objects can repulse a person, like a razor strap
that was used for punishment or perhaps a wedding band from an unhappy
marriage.
How about you? Have you felt drawn to keep certain heirlooms
or mementoes? Are there things you’ve gotten rid of because they gave off
negative vibes?
A HOLD ON ME
BLURB:
She
never wanted to return.
He
wants nothing more than for her to leave.
But
the fire between them is as strong as the past that haunts them.
Annie Freemont grew up on the road, immersed in the romance of
rare things, cultivating an eye for artifacts and a spirit for bargaining. It’s
a freewheeling life she loves and plans to continue—until her dad is diagnosed
with dementia. His illness forces them to return to Moonhill, their ancestral
home on the coast of Maine—and to the family they left behind fifteen years
ago, after Annie’s mother died in a suspicious accident.
Once at Moonhill, Annie is shocked when her aunt separates her
from her father. The next time Annie sees him, he’s a bizarre, violent shadow
of his former self. Confused, she turns to an unlikely ally for support—Chase,
the dangerously seductive young groundskeeper. With his dark good looks and
powerful presence, Chase has an air of mystery that Annie is irresistibly drawn
to. But she also senses that behind his penetrating eyes are secrets she can’t
even begin to imagine. Secrets that hold the key to the past, to Annie’s own
longings—and to all of their futures. Now, to unlock them, she’ll have to face
her greatest fears and embrace her legacy…
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