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Thursday, June 14, 2007
Are you a sentimental saver?
Do you keep baby clothes, baby toys, school work? Does your husband understand why?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One of the fundamental differences between me and my husband is I am a sentimental saver, and he is not. I know where I get it from. My mother saved every piece of clothing we ever wore, every toy we ever played with, made scrapbooks with any certificate we achieved in school and could locate fairly easily school work from any grade level - including college.
Michael’s mother on the hand rarely saved anything - no clothes, very few toys, no school or art work. I think because they moved so frequently with the Army she was constantly having to evaluate do we really want to haul this to Germany, Italy or back to the United States (depending on which assignment they were on).
My husband won’t believe this but I do think purging possessions is good for you. Somehow you just feel better with less clutter around. I did a good job purging when we moved into a studio apartment in Manhattan, but then I wasn’t giving/throwing away my children’s possessions. I find that much harder to do.
What do you like to keep of your children’s possessions - clothes, toys, school work? What is your goal in keeping it (hope that grandchildren will some day use it or just to remind you of how they were)? How do you organize it all (especially the art and school work - no clue where to put this stuff)?
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