Tuesday, August 19, 2008

What is your feather in the home? on Oprah Show

I was watching an episode on the Oprah Winfrey Show on Star World. It was on home decor that can heal painful memories in one's life. Her in-house designer Nate was the initiator of the projects.

He refurnished and redecorated a young widow's house which was filled with her late husband's things everywhere. She showed him a chest with those things inside. What he did was to put them in a more conspicuous place in her house. He put a feather which symbolised her late husband in a photo frame on the wall and even set up a corner where she could reminisce about the memories they had shared together. There was a table set up with photo albums and even the lamp on it had a glass base with their exchanged notes showcased within. She was stunned with happiness.

He also introduced his own house to the audience and it was filled with sentimental momentoes as well. He talked about a photograph that his photographer, who had died in the tsunami, had given to him. He said that was his "feather in the home", defined as something very special to us that we will take in a fire. He asked the audience and Oprah what their "feathers" are.

It set me thinking. I think I'll take photographs as well but then again, all that I cherish is locked within my heart. Even if the photographs cannot be saved, the memories won't die as long as I live on.

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