I have this discussion on a regular basis. I need to clean out some of the junk that I seem to accumulate. Its stuff that really is of no use to me and will certainly be of no use to anyone when I am no longer here. I really do not want my kids to have to sort through all this stuff and make the decisions whether to throw it away, keep it, donate,......... well, you get the picture. Yet I still have boxes of stuff that I cannot seem to part with. What is it about the projects that I think I'll do someday, you know, the ones that I was going to do when the kids were grown and now they are in their 30's and I still haven't done the projects. Are the kids grown yet? What about all those books that I am going to read? Or the ones that I have already read and I am still keeping around? My husband and I are planning to sell our house and downsize. I really hope that this will be a time that I clean house and get rid of all the things that I have planned to do and never get around to it. I fully expect a freedom when those projects and books are no longer hanging over my head. I also will feel good that my kids will not have to deal with all that stuff when I am gone from here ( or when they put me in that really nice nursing home).
Next time I want to talk about what I do want to leave to my kids and grandkids.
Have a good evening and don't rush around to clean out those closets and stuff. It will all be there tomorrow....and the next day....mines been with me for years.
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