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[faeriemoon]

Generally I have no trouble purging because I don't get attached to "stuff."  However, I could not throw away pictures, nor could I throw away someone's military medals.  I'd hold on to those things and get rid of something else.

[mousiegirl]

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@RedTop wrote:

@mousiegirl,

If you are interested in donating those military khaki’s, you might consider a veterans museum or even funeral home.   

Years ago, my husband donated his dress blues to the funeral home for a veteran who wanted to be buried in one, but didn’t have his own uniform.   

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@RedTop  Interesting.  It just so happens that I donated a ton last year to a Veteran's organization, they took everything, not picky like the other places are, even took my like new lawnmower.

[Mominohio]

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@mousiegirl wrote:

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@RedTop wrote:

@mousiegirl,

If you are interested in donating those military khaki’s, you might consider a veterans museum or even funeral home.   

Years ago, my husband donated his dress blues to the funeral home for a veteran who wanted to be buried in one, but didn’t have his own uniform.   

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@RedTop  Interesting.  It just so happens that I donated a ton last year to a Veteran's organization, they took everything, not picky like the other places are, even took my like new lawnmower.

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@mousiegirl

Sorry I didn't catch you before you made that donation, as I wouldn't have let you dontate a like new lawn mower to charity. You would have been more than welcome to bring it here and use it any time you wanted. I'd even supply the grass for you to enjoy mowing! LOL

[mousiegirl]

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@Mominohio wrote:

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@mousiegirl wrote:

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@RedTop wrote:

@mousiegirl,

If you are interested in donating those military khaki’s, you might consider a veterans museum or even funeral home.   

Years ago, my husband donated his dress blues to the funeral home for a veteran who wanted to be buried in one, but didn’t have his own uniform.   

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@RedTop  Interesting.  It just so happens that I donated a ton last year to a Veteran's organization, they took everything, not picky like the other places are, even took my like new lawnmower.

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@mousiegirl

Sorry I didn't catch you before you made that donation, as I wouldn't have let you dontate a like new lawn mower to charity. You would have been more than welcome to bring it here and use it any time you wanted. I'd even supply the grass for you to enjoy mowing! LOL

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@Mominohio  It was very pretty, red, my favorite color, lol, but thanks to many draughts, gophers, and moles, we havn't had lawn for at least a decade, and we needed more room in the garage for decor, etc., lol.

[Catiele]

It is a difficult thing to do. My brother and I each kept what we wanted. I have an area in a closet where I keep the pictures and other small things. I have pictures of them in frames which I leave up all the time. I have my father’s rocker. Old but I  couldn’t part with. My mother made doilies and I still use them. Love them. The rest was donated or thrown away. To me memories of the good times are more important.

[lilypadfrog]

I forgot to mention, but maybe those emotional items one can't let go of could be repurposed.  We took my Grandmother's kitchen hutch and turned the wood into a beautiful bookshelf.

[qualitygal]

If I were you, I'd keep dad's medals, in a small metal box that fire would not harm.  Things you can't bear to part with now, find a storage locker.  You can revist it later and as you are ready to part or keep some items, do it then.  What you keep, eventually your family after you, will have to decide to do with what you've kept. (You see what a job that is).  

Pictures, if it doesn't mean something to you, no one else will want them either.  

That's me, what I've learned.  Good luck, it's a lot to go through. You can always dispose of things that for now you want to keep.  In time, you'll see.  

[Hayfield]

We've been in the process of decluttering & purging since November.  We've sold our lovely Williamsburg colonial with a full basement and are "rightsizing" to a lovely home in North Carolina on one level with no basement, my husband retired last year from his 41 year career and it's time to leave Northern Virginia behind, along with the traffic and high taxes!    We told our two children to come and take what they wanted, which wasn't much and we have donated a lot of our furniture to a local community center that helps those in need and we're taking some furniture to a consignment store to sell.  I had not problem doing this, in fact, it has been freeing but it is a ton of work.  Whether you're staying in your house or moving to a smaller house, I'd tell anyone to purge.  I had stuff in my basement that I hadn't seen in 20 years and if I hadn't looked at in that amount of time, well then I don't need it.  Go through photos and put them on CD's and any medals your father has from WWII, keep them, they are very special.   Good Luck!!!!