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[quote=Anonymous]My parents downsized from 3000 to 900 square feet and I was part of the decluttering process to get the home ready to sell.  They are pack rats, and I kind of am, too, so it wasn't easy.  It was somewhat traumatic because I was faced with all of these sentimental items with memories, not even MY memories (but theirs, or my grandparents).  Who was I to trash someone else's' memories?  It was so hard.  At times I became so stoic that I'd purge things without much thought and later had to re-think.  I was that person at the estate sale second-guessing if we should sell or keep, and sometimes rushing in to "save" something.  FWIW, they didn't make much on the estate sale.  I also think if I'd have been in the right mind, I could have marketed and sold some of the stuff myself and definitely made money.  But I just don't have it in me.

What I'm trying to say is, the fact that they moved was HUGE in beginning the decluttering process.  If they hadn't moved, I'd be in the same boat as OP.

[b]I feel very fortunate that my parents were alive during the process[/b], otherwise I think it would have taken me five times as long to recover from the purge.  Also, it was VERY nice to hear stories of items as they were being hauled away, I even recorded the discussion a few times.  [/quote]

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