This weekend saw the girls’ old doll house sitting a top of the burn pile ready for the next bonfire. I admit that I cried when I saw it in the burn pile and today, my eldest, on her dog walk, saw it and it brought her to tears as well. What the hell is the matter with this family? Must we all be full of good memories? Is there no dysfunction, or enough of it, to move us along to our next stage of life without grasping at the past and crying over it’s passing? What did I do wrong?
Seriously, I wonder what it would be like to be happy to toss out the toys from the past and be happy to have some new room or extra storage space without seeing the ghosts of what used to be there. Will I ever get to such a place?Will the piles of memorabilia the kids have around my house that they won’t throw away so I have to, and then listen to them complain that I did, ever dwindle down to nothing? Perhaps that would be “the greatest miracle of all” , to have nothing left to remind us of the days gone by? I am not sure.
Then I took a gander over at the pile of photos from the past 30 years I started sorting during football season last year. Let’s just say it’s still a big job to tackle. Yeah. It’ll take a miracle.
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“Why shouldn’t I look at my dearest treasure? – at all the beauty that is mine, all my very own.” ~ Helmer from A Doll’s House
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Keith // Jul 19, 2010 at 12:27 am
I kept such toys etc until the children had left home and had a house of their own – I then got them to take the items and let them deal with “what do I do with this?” themselves
2 Ryan // Jul 19, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Is it weird that my partner has kept all of our 2 sons baby clothing and stored it in the attic? I’d like to give it away to charity but I value my life…….
3 choochoo // Jul 20, 2010 at 8:47 am
It’s hard to throw stuff away. There’s more memoryies tied in with stuff than with photos. Which is why I own such a tremendous load of crap and I hate myself everytime I move house. lol.
4 Nathan // Jul 20, 2010 at 9:43 am
Not enough dysfunction? HMMM; well i’ve got plenty that I could share.
You and your family could visit for the weekend and we’ll get you taken care of for a life time!!
5 Mary // Jul 20, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Hmmm. Thanks for the offer but I think I might take a pass on that one. Very generous of you though.
6 Mary // Jul 20, 2010 at 5:59 pm
I think storing baby clothes is totally normal. We are a sentimental bunch.
7 Aunt Pearl // Jul 22, 2010 at 5:48 pm
I remember the first doll house that I bought my daughter when she was three. I also remember her gleefully and willingly helping me load it into the car to take it to Goodwill! http://randomconversationswithmykid.blogspot.com/
8 rfranp // Aug 3, 2010 at 7:10 am
Since we’re moving, I’m all over this concept! I keep getting “moved” each time I come across a toy, a plate, a worn out pillow, the list goes on and on…I keep telling myself that decluttering will be the ultimate solution to weight loss, because I will spend less time sorting, and more time in shall we say, other endeavors.
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