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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Make sure all the things you want are clearly labeled or put in a designated area marked with your name. Then do as you suggest—name a date when your aunts can come over together and go through everything and take what they want. When you set this up, let them know that they can coordinate amongst themselves to reach agreement on who gets what.

It might be hard for them to take the things away that same day, since they don’t necessarily know what furniture or other items to plan for. So tell them that if they don’t come and take the things the following weekend, then everything that’s still in the house is going to be donated, since you’re clearing the house a couple days later. Say you’re sure they understand how painful the whole process is for you and you’re grateful for their cooperation and happy your mother’s things will go to people who care about her. (Say all this whether it’s true or not.)[/quote]
My mother will not be coming home, so my plan is to soon go and collect the items for distribution and to collect what I want to keep, which isn’t much.

Thanks for your sound advice. I think this is what I will probably do, but I worry the day will come (the following weekend) and they will have 1,000,001 reasons why they can’t pick up, and then will start trouble for me when I proceed. I may have to hire one of those 1-800-JUNK type companies to just get it done. [/quote]

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