A friend shared this article which has some good ideas: Edit Keepsakes With Confidence — What to Let Go and What to Keep; If mementos are weighing you down more than bringing you joy, here's how to lighten your load with no regrets. She's moving to a smaller house, and she just sent me a small box of music/dance items... my husband says, "Now let's make a box to send her!" I've been through a couple of iterations - from house to small apartment to consolidating my small apartment with my husband's... still have work to be done on this front, though. And my 89-year-old mother's place looms on the horizon. ~ Becky in Long Beach
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