{"id":686,"date":"2019-06-04T18:26:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T01:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tracyleighton.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/04\/and-then-there-were-pez\/"},"modified":"2019-06-04T19:15:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T02:15:12","slug":"and-then-there-were-pez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tracyleighton.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/04\/and-then-there-were-pez\/","title":{"rendered":"And then there were Pez…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have a long-standing love of collecting things that, as Marie Kondo would say, “Sparks Joy” for me.<\/p>\n

I find small gifts of happiness to be the light that takes us through the bouts of suffering we have as a species, as a society, as humans.<\/p>\n

So, once upon a time, I discovered Pez. I may have been six or seven. I wasn’t allowed sweets of any kind. None. Seriously. I was completely deprived. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

And then there was this little stick that looked like a little sheep (like Shari Lewis’ lambs!) or some such and when you tilted its head back you got sugar. In the form of a hard chewable Pez tablet.<\/p>\n

I was hooked. And not allowed.<\/p>\n

So, of course, in my adulting year’s, the first thing I do? Start collecting them. Muppets and WB cartoon figures and Marvel and DC and holidays and goofy figures.<\/p>\n

(BTW, did you know there is a MUSEUM<\/a>???)<\/p>\n

About half of my collection is now visible in a fit of cleaning that happened over the weekend.<\/p>\n

I see it every time I sit down in my office chair. Happy. Happy. Joy. Joy.<\/p>\n

Life is good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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