Object Memorabilia: When keeping an object strictly for sentimental reasons, size matters. Sentimental items should never be larger than a deck of cards. Try to limit yourself to keeping no more than three items from a departed family member, none larger than a (you guessed it) deck of cards. If you can’t use a hand-me-down or heirloom, or you don’t like it, give it to someone who can or does. Your mom’s sideboard may be of excellent quality, and in seventy years it may be a valuable antique, but to store it for seventy years in the hopes that the grandchildren will like it, or see a small
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