For some of us, it's as simple as finally being able to afford to have that certain thing that, as a child, we always wanted but were unable to attain due to a lack of finances. Perhaps we dreamed of it, longed for it, and hoped for it so much, that now, as adults having money to buy it...we simply can't get enough of it! For my mother-in-law it was dolls. Now, in her seventies she has many dolls! Some she has purchased for herself, but most have been gifts from those who have known that she loved them as a girl, yet never had one of her very own. The variety of dolls she now has, adorn her bedroom and give her great pleasure...a testimony to fact that it's never too late to begin a collection.

While some collections hold purely sentimental value, others are strictly monetary.

One relative has had quite a collection of precious and semi-precious stones over years and because of their worth, has had to hide them at times. It's hard to enjoy a collection that has to be hidden under lock and key...but netting a handsome profit at resale can be more than satisfying for some collectors. My grandfather collected guns. He was a gun-smith and could make or restore almost any type of rifle. I now have one of those rifles from his carefully guarded but precious collection. He had it because he loved guns - I have it because I loved him.

We look forward to best turkey season in years. We have seen more turkeys this year than ever before. I saw flocks almost every day of deer season with 20-40 turkeys, including some great big gobblers. Just other day I saw an albino gobbler. I personally am looking forward to taking my first turkey with a bow this year. We look forward to Missississippi’s up coming youth weekend starting March 15th and 16th when I intend to take my two cousins hunting. They have never been turkey hunting but during deer season they both saw turkeys everywhere.