Community Chat

[Marienkaefer2]

I used to be more than I am now, regarding material things.

After my grandparents passed, and I saw how much they saved and accumulated over the years, I realized that it's better to get rid of things or pass them on before you get to that point. Or just not accumulate them anyway.

I've gotten rid of a lot, and I'm going to be mindful of this in my life.

[blackhole99]

Oh Yes! I like to keep things around me that remind me of the people I love and family.

[NAES1]

A very sensible reasoning,Marrienkaefer2... how we come in accumulating "STUFF"! I did this saving 'thing' of almost everything. It has taken some time for me to get rid of all of the unnecessary STUFF, but I am almost there. I do hold on to photos for passing down, along with a few (a few) pieces of favorites items from family members; 2-3 little things I hold dear to my memories, though. Material STUFF: I have enough clothes, furniture, linens etc. that can benefit those in need. I would suppose material STUFF-as in giving to multi families is a better treat for me than for others in receiving. It feels great to get rid of all this STUFF. I do save those all the special drawings, cards, and school projects from my child. I have seen women in their 60s -80s just trying to find room for all of this STUFF. That's my opinion that works for me. Not to apply for anyone else, though.

[ivey]

Yes, I'm sentimental--but my family isn't. My mother wasn't too sentimental either--so I have a few things from her (so does my brother). And I hope someday my son and granddaughter will hold on to those things.

My granddaughter isn't sentimental nor is my son, so I'm expecting that I need to write out or give things now to others who might be. I saw firsthand what happened when a family member passed away with a huge collection of handcrafted embroidery, cross stitch, etc. I rescued it off a flatbed trailer head to the landfill! Yikes.

[celeste27]

I am but on the other hand I have a recurring fantasy that my place explodes (no loss of any kind of life) and I am left with nothing. What glorious freedom!! I met a man in his 80s whose apartment building had a fire and destroyed everything. He said he felt very free but his wife--not so much.

[Q_spirit]

oh yes. i find myself highly sentimental. keeping and holding little things of memories of loved near and dear ones. (-:

[CookyJ]

My whole family is sentimental!!!

[cabbi]

I used to be very sentimental about stuff. Now I am not. Sometimes it becomes a burden. Things from my ancestors mean little to my kids who have moved a lot in the last 15 yrs. I have kept some of the things they had discarded when I moved from 4 bdr. house to 2 bdr. apt. But I can't hold on to stuff that really means little to me and nothing to them. I hold dear ones in my head and my heart.

[stevieb]

I am, but not like I used to be. Sentiment can be sad and I guess to some extent, as life becomes more complicated and more of a challenge and so much negative emotion is unavoidable, sentiment is more or less a battle I can ''pick" or not, and so I choose not to quite so much...

[Mom2Dogs]

Yes, I have 2 letters/notes one from my mom and one from my dad, I like seeing their handwriting. I also have a lot of cards and notes/pictures/thank you's drawn and written by my nieces and grandkids. I have a treasure box that I keep those things in....someone will have to throw it away when I am gone because I can't let the things go.