Thoughts on decluttering (again)

Too much thinking, too little getting rid of. The obstacles I find easily.  

Things that were my parents' such as picture albums and keepsakes... I know that it won't make sense to anyone but me, so COULD downsize... but.....

photo albums of my parents lives!

cookbooks from grandmas and favorite children's books

 

 

Ron Scofield's prints,
poems that hung on my wall growing up,
my mother in law's painting, my dad's ceramics....

a nativity I made that's less than 2 inches tall

a decorative thing I made for my mom
many years ago, out of beans!!! It
hung in her kitchen for 20+ years 

made by my dad

painted by my aunt

made by my grandson

made by different grandsons

my son James' santa

You get the idea. Why are some people so neat and tidy and unsentimental? My mom was. It was gone in a flash if she thought it was unused. Then there's me. It's like having my loved ones around me. I miss them all. 

As if MY stuff isn't enough, now I've added some of Judy's. I kept some, because I couldn't just toss them. I donated a lot though, before I could think too much about it. 

Take pictures, you say. Well there they are. Now to print them out and put them in an album? Or just think, I'm bound to have dementia, so who cares?? 

I always feel like things need documenting. For who???

I try to let things, go, and sometimes I'm successful. Often, I'm not.