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Very well said. I think you nailed it when you said a home is only the beloved family home when the loved ones are there. I just read this for the first time (I am 65) and felt an immediate kinship with Laurel. I have felt a great shift in myself in the last couple of years in how I feel about family heirlooms etc. It is the memories that are important.
My husband passed at 40 & I’ve lost my parents, and all aunts & uncles. I’m 68 now. A few years ago, I asked myself would I still want to keep “X” if the original owner was still alive. It dawned on me, “not necessarily”. I have rid myself of some things, and understand completely that my two sons don’t want all my stuff. I do have my aunt’s Hoosier cabinet which I think it around 90 years old. My aunt was like a grandmother so I was glad to get this piece from her garage. We recently moved and rid ourselves of many things. As we age, all our things just become burdens. St least to me they do.
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Very well said. I think you nailed it when you said a home is only the beloved family home when the loved ones are there. I just read this for the first time (I am 65) and felt an immediate kinship with Laurel. I have felt a great shift in myself in the last couple of years in how I feel about family heirlooms etc. It is the memories that are important.
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My husband passed at 40 & I’ve lost my parents, and all aunts & uncles. I’m 68 now. A few years ago, I asked myself would I still want to keep “X” if the original owner was still alive. It dawned on me, “not necessarily”. I have rid myself of some things, and understand completely that my two sons don’t want all my stuff. I do have my aunt’s Hoosier cabinet which I think it around 90 years old. My aunt was like a grandmother so I was glad to get this piece from her garage. We recently moved and rid ourselves of many things. As we age, all our things just become burdens. St least to me they do.
