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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it is smart to downsize to a place with minimal upkeep wherever you decide to be from 60+.  We have seen elderly family and friends move to be closer to their children in 70s or 80s because they need the support that their peers cannot provide. It’s so much easier to move when you don’t have a houseful of possessions to deal with. [/quote]

My mom inherited the family house in Iowa, which she dutifully packed it up and brought it to MA. A few cherished pieces were displayed. It was then moved with all their other stuff to coastal Carolina.  More came out because they moved from a 1500sqft house to a 2500 sqft house.  Some was never unpacked.  She lost her father at 9, her mother at 14. She went to live with her grandmother who died when my mother was 16.  A widowed aunt and uncle (who was just back from the Pacific in WWII) took care of her until she was an adult.  That Aunt died of a bee sting a week before I was born.  She could not part with any of it.  It represented too much of what she had lost.  After my parents died, my sister and I spent a week with our families divvying it up.  50 full black contractor bags went to the dump. Three full minivan loads went to the thrift stores ( the first one told us to go down the road to the next thrift store with the third trip). We had already donated 1000 of my Dad’s books to the local library book sale.  My sister and I took all that we wanted and we were still able to rent out their house as fully furnished.

I look upon that week as a gift to my mom.  We were able to let go of the things that she could not.  Most of it was well used Victorian stuff.  We had someone look over the lot and point out the dozen or so things that were worth a fair bit.  [/quote]

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