Peach ties

"Un camison rosa melocoton de nylon de los anos 70. Era de mi madre, me lo quede como recuerdo despues de su muerte hace 26 anos, lo tengo guardado en un cajon - la textura, el estilo y el color me recuerdan a mi madre. No se que pasara con el en el futuro, pero no tengo intenciones de deshacerme de el ni de regarlarlo. Si lo perdiera, me sentiria triste y liberada: triste porque es el ultimo recuerdo material que me queda de mi madre, aliviada porque me siento muy aferrada a el."

"A pink peach-coloured nightie from the 70s. It belonged to my mother, I kept it as a reminder after her death 26 years ago. I keep it in a drawer - the texture, style and colour remind me of my mother. I don't know what will happen to it in the future, but I have no intention to get rid of it or give it to anybody. If I lost it, I would feel sad and liberated: sad because it is the last material reminder that I have left of my mother, relieved because I feel so strongly attached to it."

from my correspondence: female, 48, Spain