Boogaart, Judith

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AmaranthusVolume 1995 | Issue 1 Article 371-30-2013A Box in Great Aunt Hattie's AtticJudith BoogaartGrand Valley State UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/amaranthusThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Amaranthus by an authorizedadministrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact scholarworks@gvsu.edu.Recommended CitationBoogaart, Judith (1995) "A Box in Great Aunt Hattie's Attic," Amaranthus: Vol. 1995: Iss. 1, Article 37.Available at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/amaranthus/vol1995/iss1/37I ed tho) Ie )ing It. ;he 1t er not? 19. Judith Boogaart A Box in Great Aunt Hattie's Attic A box gathers things. It protects the fragility of Great Aunt Hattie's china. It gives form to the softness and fluidity of a satin wedding dress. It provides a resting place for memories­faded photographs and diaries in perfect 1920's penmanship, spats and muffs in a packet of crinkled letters nestled in a green soldier's uniform­and though the shape may hint at what's inside, still hides the contents in darkness. A box organizes that which it contains into neatness. Its contents are solidified, conformed, defined, and labeled, then tucked away somewhere and forgotten. Until the young ones find it while playing in Hattie's attic, stirring up dust motes, whirlwinds ofquestions, and disremembered pain. amaranthus.53 

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