Possessions

      There are many things in my life that I can say I can closely identify with.  In other words, these items are 100% me.  They fit my identity, my lifestyle and my sense of self.  Out of all of these possessions that I can identify with, I think the most, and actually most obscure, is my "craft cabinet."

      My cabinet is filled with everything that I love to do, draw, paint, sculpt, scrapbook, anything.  I am known by my friends as the artist because I love to make anything personalized and colorful.  Not only are all of the contents, like the markers, paint and paper full of color, but the outside is as well.  I have covered the outside of the cabinet with things that I love.  I did not like the gray exterior so I thought I would make it more of my own.  Clippings of my favorite pictures, stickers, drawings and paint cover the outside showing everything that is important to me.  I associate everything with pictures, so why not show it all on something that holds what I love?  

       Another part of my life that everyone close to me knows about is the fact that I am a neat freak.  This may be annoying to some, but to me it just the way I live my life and it is clearly shown with my cabinet.  Everything has it's place.  If someone needs to go in my cabinet to borrow something, it has to be put back into the same place or I will get angry.  If people don't take as good of care of my things as I do, I feel as if they don't appreciate me.  

       Even though I cannot take my little cabinet everywhere, I wish I could.  Just walking into my room, you can instantly see who I am based on that one piece of furniture.  If more people were able to see this piece of me, more people would understand me and get to know me. 

       This is one possession that I think fully describes my personality, my way of life, and what I love.  Without it I don't know what I would really have to express myself as much as I do on this piece of furniture.