"Tacky personified," I like that. I wish you all well today--your discussion of the sentimental things we collect, our "treasures," reminds me of some things my dad had, things we asked for after he died. I wanted the little hand mirror he used--it cost all of $2.99, but he used it all the time. Every time I use this mirror, I feel like he is still in the same room with me--and I guess he is! A grenade is a different matter!
Beth | Homepage | 04.24.05 - 5:46 pm | #

It's amazing the way people react after a death. It's been called "the rape of mom's house" when my sister went pscyho and started taking stuff like crazy locking it in her car. The people who asked me for things were so sentimentally attached to some things you would never have considered. (((hugs)))
milehighdivacyn | Homepage | 04.24.05 - 6:36 pm | #

It's so hard to go through things of someone else and decide what is what. (HUGS))) for that.
Sheri | Homepage | 04.24.05 - 8:12 pm | #

I remember going through my mother in laws house... I think we threw away almost everything except the furniture..my sis in law has no concept of sentiment...only stuff I made, photo albums, cross stitched poems..of course "she" wanted that stuff. Whatever. It's just hard..all of it. I have a similar box...when our basement flooded it was spared and I went through it all with my oldest son. He's six, but he got it.

((Hugs)) you'll be done soon.
J&J's Mom | Homepage | 04.24.05 - 9:45 pm | #

So, what comes next, estate sale?

-G
Garrison Steelle | Homepage | 04.24.05 - 10:17 pm | #