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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think (and say this to myself when my mother did the same to me) that "things" were more valuable and valued in yesteryears. Today stuff is so inexpensive  (and in many cases better quality) that we don't associate the same emotions with it as our parents did. We are all drowning in "things" and frankly, there are so many choices we can usually find exactly what we are looking for without much effort.

Which is a long way of saying, she's not insane. She's just of a different generation. We don't attach our emotions to "stuff" in the same way.
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Op here. THANK YOU for pointing this out! [/quote]

PP again. With my mom we talked about it and it turns out one of the reasons she held on to things/gave them to me was because she wanted me to see a piece of what life was like back in the day. I suggested she take some photos and then write a story to go with each one about the item and her memories attached to it. No idea if she'll actually follow through, but it helped that I acknowledged how this stuff had meaning for her. She was better able to let me toss it thereafter.[/quote]

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