Shoutout to the chip on my 8 year old mug from a really bad Monday

I was having the worst day at work back in 2018, like the kind where you spill coffee on your shirt before 9am and then your boss emails you at 10 asking why a report is late. I was washing my favorite blue mug at the office sink and it slipped right out of my hand and hit the edge of the counter. That little chip in the rim was tiny but it felt like the universe was just piling on. I almost threw it away but I couldn't bring myself to do it because that mug had been with me through three job changes and probably a thousand cups of tea. Now every time I drink from it I remember that awful day and how things actually worked out fine in the end. Has anyone else kept a mug that reminds them of a really rough moment?

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nancy_miller4d ago

That chip makes it a real survivor mug instead of just a store bought one.

the_sandra4d ago

Keep the mug, honestly. I've got four chips on my favorite coffee cup from a string of bad weeks and now they just remind me I made it through. Little battle scars on a mug tell a better story than a perfect one ever could.