tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post3161934375253633753..comments2024-03-29T08:31:54.659+00:00Comments on Penniless Parenting: Sentimentality When Decluttering After the Death of a Loved OnePenniless Parentinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-66575463353740405002020-12-03T10:52:48.854+00:002020-12-03T10:52:48.854+00:00Both of my parents are still living, but I have as...Both of my parents are still living, but I have asked them what they want me to keep. Dad said "the tools, you'll need 'em." Mom said "anything of value and the photos." I'm trying to use the Marie Kondo method, with little success. I find it easier to get rid of one thing a week than all at once. 52 items no longer cluttering my life.Ms. Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14969832156963697235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-28873660001972694902020-11-23T15:55:39.785+00:002020-11-23T15:55:39.785+00:00My mother "couldn't bear" to have he...My mother "couldn't bear" to have her beloved grandmother's things in our house because they would make her sad. So when the adults sold this house of my childhood summers, everything was left in it.<br /><br />My point is, not everything of family possessions is about you and your feelings now. I wish someone would have asked me to choose a piece to keep. Just because you'Krabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301573656754652189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-21494111367168510792020-11-22T19:18:15.900+00:002020-11-22T19:18:15.900+00:00I am slowly, slowly, slowly working my way through...I am slowly, slowly, slowly working my way through my parents' possessions, which became fully intermingled with mine when we lived together the last few years of their lives. I kept it all for quite awhile as I was terrified to give away something that another family member might want, as I felt like the guardian of the things until my family, who lived elsewhere, could claim their Jan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399683086307277394noreply@blogger.com