memento

Occasionally Julia records snippets of conversation with his permission, mementos from a stage of marriage they never saw coming.

My ideal day is sitting on a patio while scouring Facebook Marketplace for precious mementos.

Polaroids, knick knacks and mementos are carefully arranged in various tableaus — much as he left them.

"I know I did something that seemed like consciously collecting a memento from a child," he wrote in a statement.

They walked around for 10 minutes scratching their heads, finally leaving behind their own memento: a car license plate they both autographed.