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Downsizing, To Move or Not to Move? That is the Question
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Here a funny suggestion that happened to our family. 4 kids 3 in same state we grew up in. That's Minnesota and 1 in Nebraska so every time we told our parents we were comming over they had a gift box for us and when we left we were given that box. Fortunately or unfortunately that box contained our stuff, clothes, sports stuff, trinkets, school art projects ect 1 box at a time they cleaned out a lot of stuff. It happened slowly enough so the mental effects were not so overbearing for my parents to handle.
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@davej That's a great idea for when my daughter visits but my son has to fly to get here so that would be impractical. I've thought of just boxing everything up and shipping it to him. It would be costly but then it would be done. I'm sure he doesn't want everything though.
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Funny Dave - as we are clearing out hiding spots in our house & sheds, we are doing exactly the same with our kids. With one small addition - as we have our own things we are disposing of, we offer to them first as well. Finally, we have (nearly) nothing of theirs in our place - 21 years after the youngest moved out.
Right now, there is a FULL table of kids' books waiting to be sorted and claimed by our daughters & grandkids. The grands will leave their favorites here to read with Grandpa, the rest will be claimed or donated.
Sue