Despite me living in Orlando for 22 years of my life, I never really got into the pins.. except on my most recent trip to Disney, which was about two years ago. My younger cousin, mother, and grandmother were down from New York on vacation and my cousin got interested in the pins. So we both bought some starter pins and lanyards. Disney does this thing where all the employees wear pins on their lanyards and you can go up to them and take one of their pins but you must give one of yours in return. So my cousin and I were running around Disney peeking at every employees pins (mind you, I was 25 at the time!) and yoinking like children. I even took an Abu pin from one of the trash collectors! Well, my grandmother enjoyed watching us do this. She was in really bad health and, well, she died almost exactly a month after this trip. So our Disney pin escapades was my last moments with my grandmother. I have the lanyard and the pins hanging from my rearview in my car. I know it sounds kind of silly, but I could never bring myself to trade those pins because they remind me of my last time with my grandmother. I also feel like I shouldn't add to the collection either.. like I want my tiny little Disney pin collection to remain just as it was that day.

Sorry for unloading this on you guys. The pin topic just made me wanna spill it all.

EDIT: The only pins I've added to my collection since then was the memorial pin of Spectromagic and another my friend gave me. I am still so unbelievably upset over the dismantling of that parade.

Oh my goodness <3 I love that you have something that helps you remember your grandmother I feel the same way, I wouldn't want to trade those either <3

I'm upset about it too! I never got to see it :(