Replies

LOL...that's part of my dilema too. My mom saved all this stuff for "us", my brother and I. I got stuck with all of it tho. It almost feels disloyal to her memory to throw it out, and I got in the mind set that mothers were suppose to do that for their kids, so I run out and buy newspapers and magazines when major world events happen. But I'm really not a collector. I like big empty spaces, no clutter, not much nicknacs:) Feels neater and easier to clean up.

Becky

I hardly have any clutter at my house, either. I guess that comes from growing up with it. My mom never throws anything out and it's gotten so bad that the last time I visited, the front door was completely blocked. I mentioned to my pop that he might consider de-cluttering just that area, as that door might come in handy in case of a fire. Only problem is, there ain't no where to move it to except the one place she won't move it to; the landfill.

Becky, what I did when my grandmother, uncle, and father died, is keep the photographs (scanned and used as a screensaver now), and a couple of mementos of things that had special meaning to me. From my grandmother, I have a cow bell that hung in a tree in her back yard. It was the bell that was on the lead cow when they were farmers. From my father, I have a post office box bank and some of his air force ribbons.

These mementos make me think of them and smile. The photos remind me of pleasant times. I don't have room to store all the other stuff.

Oh, BTW, old National Geographics aren't worth anything, but old Life magazines can be worth from $2.50 to $10.00 retail. That's retail. A guy who sells them would probably only buy them from you for about 25 cents each or by the pound. Give fair warning to anyone in the family who wants stuff to COME AND GET IT by such and such date. If not, you'll hear about it. Believe me.