I'm not really. But I always pictured my family crest, given my love for Avery labels and lists as having the Latin translation of a motto which can be derived from many exchanges in my parents' home when I was growing up.
Welvers Child: Where is the...(insert object here)?
Mama or Papa: ¡En su lugar!
The idea of everything belonging in its proper place is a reassuring one, when you're giddily counting down thirty days to a move and trying to organize, purge, and plan how to manage a one-bedroom apartment, which much like Mary Poppins' carpetbag, contains more than its size suggests is possible. Oh, huge attic, how I love and despise your seductive storage possibilities.
So my question about the family crest is out there, Latin Lovers. And I don't mean Ricardo Montalban clones. Lovers of the Latin language, I should say. How do you say "everything in its place" in Latin? I'm picturing the four quadrants of a family crest, one with a stack of clear plastic containers, one with a box of Avery labels, one with a bookshelf containing a neatly organized library, and in the last, a bed piled high with comfy blankets and pillows. Everything in its place. Sigh.
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