Lori, I’m reading this post & your comment in Jan 2021. Something I’m learning to do with my nieces & nephews & other young adults is to ask what they want as they are the gatekeepers to what comes into their homes. I feel I am being respectful in asking. My grandmother from the depression era, never asked my mom or myself what we wanted she just always had bags of stuff for us when she came to visit. So it is with that experience, that I try to always ask for a wishlist especially since we don’t live in the see each other often. Yes, I feel my grandmother was generous, but she could have also just came with a hug & we would have enjoyed her just the same.

I think most of us have a drawer like that…where things go to die but not be buried. It does feel good to lighten the load though.

The sentimental is the hardest stuff for all of us I think.

I think we’ve all used some of these excuses. I know I certainly have.