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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my MIL died she left us all her very beautiful and valuable stuff. My home is filled with art, objects and antiques that I never could afford to buy. Now that my husband died I still cherish those memories. My kids want this stuff. I guess there’s a difference between junk and stuff. The stuff we didn’t want (the piano) found a home at the dump. [/quote]

There was so much meaning with the things my father left behind. My life time of memories were tied up with them. I feel fortunate that I can share them with my kids and perhaps they will move on with them. My mother on the other hand (parents were divorced) nothing she had involved the same memories. It was furniture - but not something that was passed down, no stories of childhood intertwined with their existence - she got it from a thrift store. Nothing that I need or want. And yet I was responsible for dealing with it. So I agree with your there is a different between "junk" and stuff. [/quote]

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