blessed, God sure knows what He's doing! Maybe with it being at your house you can help her to see the truly valuable (emotionally) items and let go of what would be just clutter for her.
My clutter story is long and winding. I was raised with a BO mom. I am her exact opposite! Super duper SHE. I promise that I drive her crazy to this day!
It's not natural for me to be organized, but I learned from watching her, so I had the skill, which I think is a huge help for me. I was never too cluttered, I saved alot of things, but they were organized and put away.
Then my husband had his accident and I had a brand new baby. Things got cluttered and completely out of control. I am so scatterbrained and absentminded that being so cluttered and disorganized makes me sooooo crazy. Everything needs to live somewhere specific or I can't find anything! Am I the only one like that???
Anyway after about five years I just felt like I woke up from a fog. Kind of like we had finally found our new normal and I didn't have a toddler anymore. I really started to declutter and clean out! I was on a first name basis with the Goodwill folks! I would set the big things out at the curb so that someone could take it. Once there was so much stuff out that that my hubby said, "This is embarassing, I'm going back inside"
As y'all know, decluttering is not a project with an ending, it is a lifestyle adjustment! So I can say that I was in serious declutter mode for several years!! Then a few years ago we decided to move six hours away and I had to back up nearly twenty years of stuff. That was another huge round of delcuttering!!!!
Now to today, my public areas are very decluttered, I can pick up and be company ready in 15 to 20 minutes, depending on how much of DS's things are laying around. My bedroom and closet are a constant fight. My Granny moved into assisted living last year and I'm the only girl in the family and the only one who wanted anything. I have managed to let go most of the purely clutter, but could definitely do better with that. I'm so sentimental about my granny's things!
Well, there's the digest version and where I'm coming from. I love the antiques, love the dishes, love the nic nacs, but I can't function in clutter, so a lot of the nic nacs are packed away in boxes. What good will that do? I have taught my son to let go of things he doesn't love and to send them off to some one that will love them. How can I get my brain on that wave length with my granny's things?!
I will be on this board much I think! I need to do another round of good deep decluttering!