Postby blessedw2 » Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:58 am
I have been working on Dawn of minimal mom's premise (re: keeping memories)
"most of us don't want to live in the past. We don't want to have to manage it. We want to visit it. Highlight the happy memories!" She said that sometimes we keep things that don't make us happy - it's time to let that go - that you know if it makes you feel happy.
I continue to work on not keeping guilt and decision clutter for my girls. I don't want them to be bogged down with what I enjoyed from their life bc that would be everything lol. I am trying to keep to Dana White's, Cas of clutter bug and Dawn of minimal mom idea that a memory bin should be that - not the family stuff that would bury them.
or as Dana White uses and I know use: the container concept. A space, a room, a box, the car - whatever is a container - and there is only so much one can manage. I can't manage a whole lot. lol if that isn't the truth. So why would I expect my dear kids to take over.
Cas said that her dear mom in law saved 7 large plastic bins of clothing, toys and memories of her son/her husbands things from the 70's. The mom in law so it as a blessing that she saved that but she saw it as a curse. That has really touched me.
I have had boxes of my mom's collection sitting in the basement for over 7 years - they were antiques she paid a lot of money for that are not worth much now. She had wanted me to send it to a place in Door county, 5 hours from here, and I have to let that idea go. I will bring it to another antique dealer.
it is always a joy to be here with you!