Chuquison
09-29-2014, 08:32 PM
I am not sure if this belongs in this topic folder but its not just a collectable its a bit of a story too!
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To some this may be an old rag of a shirt..... this shirt dates back to when I was 6 in 1989..
I have always been a turtle fan, I stole my cousins comics and played with other kids toys... See I was poor growing up, my parents did their best to give us what they could. I don't regret my childhood it makes me appreciate more now then ever before. I was raised on hand me downs, shirts from flea markets and sometimes from stores having 70% sales.. I played soccer and used the same cleats for 3 to 4 years and used tape to mask the sole falling apart, I would like to teammates and say I like my cleats tights that's why I used tape, but the fact was it was falling apart and I didn't want them to make fun of me cause they where kmart no name brands.
The story starts in Kmart in 1989, we where there because we had family in town and they needed to get some stuff there. I was with my mom and my cousin got anything he wanted. I saw this TMNT shirt that was for like 7 bucks and my mom said we couldn't afford it. I was a bit bummed and just sucked up the sadness since I was used to it.
A week later my mom gave me the shirt you see before you. Yes it was a knock off flea market shirt but it meant the world to me. I used to wear it 3 times a week for school and was made fun of by other kids who had a few of these shirts but the nicer ones. I would say I have better ones but I only wear them for nice occasions and this was a school shirt... im sure they knew I was lying.
I found this today, in my garage in a box that my mom left there since she is getting separated from my dad after 35 years of marriage, I am not a hoader but I rarely threw things out if they had a second use, I really don't know how this didn't get thrown out after three moves. But finding the shirt surprised the crap out of me and made me so happy at the same time I was left shocked and sadden to remember the crap my parents had to do to raise me and my two sisters. It sadden me aswell because it reminded me of how our family is so close and that we were raised so happy but poor and now seeing my parents getting divorced hit a cord in my heart made me cry a little. I understand how finance makes the world go around, but my parents never got up in life and I guess finance does make things fall apart.
I wish someday I could help them, I make enough to support myself and my bills and house, and have always said if I hit it big I would help them tremendously...
Now that I am older little by little I have tried collecting toys I wished I had, I have purchased a few in boxes and on cards because they reminded me of how I looked at them when they were displayed in stores and I would just imagine if I had them all the cool stuff I could of done playing with them... for some of you its to collect them all and to just say hey I have the expensive rare ones, to me they mean a little more...
This shirt I will try my best to get it cleaned better and have it framed to remind me of my past...
thank you for hearing me out and sorry for the long post.
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh253/chuquison/turtleshirt.jpg (http://s258.photobucket.com/user/chuquison/media/turtleshirt.jpg.html)
To some this may be an old rag of a shirt..... this shirt dates back to when I was 6 in 1989..
I have always been a turtle fan, I stole my cousins comics and played with other kids toys... See I was poor growing up, my parents did their best to give us what they could. I don't regret my childhood it makes me appreciate more now then ever before. I was raised on hand me downs, shirts from flea markets and sometimes from stores having 70% sales.. I played soccer and used the same cleats for 3 to 4 years and used tape to mask the sole falling apart, I would like to teammates and say I like my cleats tights that's why I used tape, but the fact was it was falling apart and I didn't want them to make fun of me cause they where kmart no name brands.
The story starts in Kmart in 1989, we where there because we had family in town and they needed to get some stuff there. I was with my mom and my cousin got anything he wanted. I saw this TMNT shirt that was for like 7 bucks and my mom said we couldn't afford it. I was a bit bummed and just sucked up the sadness since I was used to it.
A week later my mom gave me the shirt you see before you. Yes it was a knock off flea market shirt but it meant the world to me. I used to wear it 3 times a week for school and was made fun of by other kids who had a few of these shirts but the nicer ones. I would say I have better ones but I only wear them for nice occasions and this was a school shirt... im sure they knew I was lying.
I found this today, in my garage in a box that my mom left there since she is getting separated from my dad after 35 years of marriage, I am not a hoader but I rarely threw things out if they had a second use, I really don't know how this didn't get thrown out after three moves. But finding the shirt surprised the crap out of me and made me so happy at the same time I was left shocked and sadden to remember the crap my parents had to do to raise me and my two sisters. It sadden me aswell because it reminded me of how our family is so close and that we were raised so happy but poor and now seeing my parents getting divorced hit a cord in my heart made me cry a little. I understand how finance makes the world go around, but my parents never got up in life and I guess finance does make things fall apart.
I wish someday I could help them, I make enough to support myself and my bills and house, and have always said if I hit it big I would help them tremendously...
Now that I am older little by little I have tried collecting toys I wished I had, I have purchased a few in boxes and on cards because they reminded me of how I looked at them when they were displayed in stores and I would just imagine if I had them all the cool stuff I could of done playing with them... for some of you its to collect them all and to just say hey I have the expensive rare ones, to me they mean a little more...
This shirt I will try my best to get it cleaned better and have it framed to remind me of my past...
thank you for hearing me out and sorry for the long post.