Pirates! Who hasn't heard about them, their amazing adventures and their treasure chests full of jewels, gold and other important items? How would we feel if we found a centuries-old chest filled with multiple items rather than gold? Would we consider them valuable? Probably not, but they could have been invaluable to the owner. People place particular value on certain objects based on an experience, emotion, or hidden message associated with them. I also have a chest with treasures. In the left corner of my closet, bathed in the shadows of my clothes, sits a Sterilite™ Ultra™ storage box measuring 18 1/8" long x 12 1/4" wide x 7 1/2" tall; a $6 plastic container so light gray you can easily see through it Darker latches emerging from each side hold the snow cover like powerful fists A concentric rectangle grows out of the. white lid less than half an inch high, two of the borders and one inch of the handles, to beautify the otherwise flat surface, except for the two depressions along the latches which make it easier to clean. inside, I do not cherish my most precious possessions or precious stones but a recorder, a small wooden clown, a porcelain figurine of a little sailor with a barrel, a handmade envelope and. a small conch. My family and I went to the beach every summer on one of these trips. I encountered a small conch, so small that it could be held together by my ring finger and my little finger. Despite its size, it appears to be fully developed. From a central point, the spiral chocolate shell develops. As the shell moves away from the center, white bony lines separate the brownish layers. Going further, three rows of spikes come out in a chain...... middle of paper ......ay his voice - and the songs of the birds when dawn appears. Fearing being robbed, pirates hid their chests in isolated jungles, on top of a distant mountain, on the shore of deserted islands, etc. ; yet I do not need to bury my treasure chest since it does not contain gold or precious stones but objects that would have no value to anyone other than me. They transport me to places where gold wouldn't: I can go to the beach even in the coldest winter listening to my conch and looking at my sailor or I can go back as a third person and see my love confessed and relive the same. emotions. These objects are fragments of my memories, symbols that say more than 1000 words, keys that open doors to my past, pieces of me that reflect part of my personality. I am sure that more treasures will be added to my memory box throughout my life..