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[quote=Anonymous]My mom passed away 2 weeks ago today.  These last two weekends we've been traveling up to clean out her two bedroom apartment.  Turns out mom was a bit of a hoarder.

When I first saw my mom's apartment I was thinking, "OK, I need to haul out a bag of trash a day so this doesn't happen to me".

But, the flip side is the boxes and boxes of journals and memories my mom saved.  She saved everything.  Every letter she received, and all the letters she had sent to sisters (when they passed away, she got them).  Now, as I read all these memories (in her diary at age 15, for example, she had stuffed menus from good restaurants, her movie tickets, etc.), I think it's such a nice gift to have given me.  I love learning about the sweet plucky girl my mom was as a teenager.  I love hearing about her first date with my dad (also deceased).  I love reading about what she was thinking about when she had her kids.  It's a new vision of my mom that I can treasure.  Somehow, this is really helping ease my pain.

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