How sentimental are you?

[Icequeen]

I've gotten rid of alot of personal stuff...the stuff they hold means nothing to my son, SO has his own stuff, with both my parents gone and no siblings or relatives I keep in touch with...they had no meaning to anyone but me...like QV, someone else will probably go thru my things when I'm dead anyways.

SO actually mentioned going on vacation back where I grew up for the first time in over 10 years last year. I haven't been there since I was 14 and moved here.  Not sure I want to deal with all those "feels" but I do want the kid to see it once while I'm still young enough to take him site-seeing.

 

[Queen Victoria]

I've gotten rid of alot of personal stuff...the stuff they hold means nothing to my son, SO has his own stuff, with both my parents gone and no siblings or relatives I keep in touch with...they had no meaning to anyone but me...like QV, someone else will probably go thru my things when I'm dead anyways.

SO actually mentioned going on vacation back where I grew up for the first time in over 10 years last year. I haven't been there since I was 14 and moved here.  Not sure I want to deal with all those "feels" but I do want the kid to see it once while I'm still young enough to take him site-seeing.

 

I went back to my childhood home several years ago.  It's an A-A neighborhood, the tree in the front yard is gone and there's a chain link fence around the whole lot.  Couldn't get mentally past the lost tree and fence to see any other changes.

[benjimanbreeg]

Trust me, i've seen the worst of the worst, some of it from one of my parents!  At least you are sticking to this new way of living.  Good on you.

  Thank you.  I find the clear spaces are very calming to come home to. 

Definitely, it helps clear your mind.  Did you chuck anything away that you thought meant a lot to you, but then it wasn't so bad once you'd got rid of it?

  Many, many things in that category.  I think getting older has a lot to do with it.  I'm turning 50,
  both my parents are gone now, all three of us siblings have health issues, so I'm beginning to see the road
  ahead, beginning to get a hint about what it will feel like to be old, and about what might be the end of me. 

Ahh don't say that    It can be a new beginning.

  I'm not anticipating dying anytime soon, just trying to prepare and use the time wisely. 

That's good!