It's been interesting with L here and going through stuff, trying to clean out ever more stuff. I seem to be the one in my family (both my current family and family of origin) that is the most interested in family history. So I have kept all kinds of letters, school projects (the flat kind). I just knew that my daughters would be so glad to have all those special items to remind them of their school days.
I guess not. After pulling out some postcards and a few other things, they declared that I could throw the rest of the paper items into the recycling. Bolstered by their actions, I became brave and looked through a box of their baby clothes, showed them to the girls, put them back in the box and added them to the Goodwill pile.
The question is: if/when we move, would I take this with me? If the answer is no, then why am I hanging on to it now?
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Here I am in Ohio, going through things in my parents' basement. My kids and I play our old games, look through the old Mad magazines, and read old books for bedtime stories. Bliss. We look at old coins and postcards. My parents have packed and unpacked from almost ten sabbaticals and Fulbrights. Hold on a little longer.
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