My Evocative Object-Pillows!!!

Pillows have always been a significant object in my life.  As a baby I had monogramed pillows on my bed with my name and birthday on them, and I always had one pillow I slept with every night that I loved better than all the rest.  I love the way they smell and feel against my face as I lay on them.  I love the feeling of flipping over a pillow and putting my face on the cold side.  As I got older I enjoyed decorating my room and using decorative pillows on my bed.

That being said, I was excited to decorate my dorm room for school this year.  I envisioned by bed having tons of different pillows in all different sizes, colors, and textures.  When I finally moved in and put my bed together it looked fantastic.  I had pillows that matched my bedding and curtains and then pillows that accented those pillows, and then two small decorative pillows that sat at the end.  One with ruffles, the same ones on my curtains, and one I got custom made that had a big "B" on the front.  Honestly it looked so cute.  They actually made me want to make my bed everyday.  I'd put the big pillows in the back, then the smaller ones in front of them, then the smallest decorative ones in front.  It made me happy in a really strange way.  As school started and life got hectic again, there wasn't a chance to take the time and make my pillows look nice.  Not only that, it got annoying after a while to take each pillow off of my bed for sleeping and them pick them up off the floor again in the morning and make them look nice.  Basically they just stayed on the floor and that was that. I quickly learned that that many pillows can literally take over such a small space.  My dorm always looked messy and dirty.  Not because it was actually messy, but because my pillows were just everywhere.  I trip on them, I throw my clothes on top of them, and they pick up dust bunnies from my rug.  It's basically disgusting.  Something that I admire so much shouldn't have to be such a hassle to have!  Although they usually remain on the floor, I still put them back up on my bed when I have time and remember why I have always loved them in the first place.