Sometimes downsizing isn’t a choice but thrust on you. When you are both a serious collector and sentimentalist like me that is never easy.
But when 2 tragedies nearly back to back forced me to discard beloved things, I discovered ways to let go that actually gave me back in equal measure what I thought I lost. One thing is for sure, my memories were never for sale.
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Bring my art into your home and your lifestyle. Order a museum-quality archival print framed or unframed, or apply one to a ceramic mug, perfect to enjoy your morning cup of Joe with. Wear this one-of-a-kind art on a comfy
Bring my art into your home and your lifestyle. Order a museum-quality archival print framed or unframed, or apply one to a ceramic mug, perfect to enjoy your morning cup of Joe with. Wear this one-of-a-kind art on a comfy
If the seed of the American Dream was planted during the dark days of the Depression, germinated at the New York Worlds Fair of 1939, it was nurtured and cultivated during the sacrifices and deprivations of WWII. By wars end
If the seed of the American Dream was planted during the dark days of the Depression, germinated at the New York Worlds Fair of 1939, it was nurtured and cultivated during the sacrifices and deprivations of WWII. By wars end
Though it would be my parents generation, those who lived through the Great Depression and later rolled up their collective sleeves, pitched in and sacrificed for the greater good in their fight against tyranny-who would be knighted by Tom Brokaw
Though it would be my parents generation, those who lived through the Great Depression and later rolled up their collective sleeves, pitched in and sacrificed for the greater good in their fight against tyranny-who would be knighted by Tom Brokaw
For over half a century, Americans soaring confidence had always promised a sugar-frosted future filled with frost free fun and abundance and economic prosperity. But that Buoyant bubble of optimism has since gone bust. Along with our jobs, retirement funds
For over half a century, Americans soaring confidence had always promised a sugar-frosted future filled with frost free fun and abundance and economic prosperity. But that Buoyant bubble of optimism has since gone bust. Along with our jobs, retirement funds
American Dream Foreclosed Whether a split level or a McMansion, the American Home has been the very embodiment of the American Dream. Once the mark of achievement, the suburban home was a solid investment, the guarantee of a secure future.
American Dream Foreclosed Whether a split level or a McMansion, the American Home has been the very embodiment of the American Dream. Once the mark of achievement, the suburban home was a solid investment, the guarantee of a secure future.
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Envisioning The American Dream 
Thanks for the advice and experience. Well done.
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Thanks Keith.I think this is something we all will deal with in one way or another as life changes.
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You have a generous heart. Nice you were rewarded by this mother and her daughter, and that you have this swell memory.
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There were numerous encounters in this process and each was very rewarding in the passing on of loved things.
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My parents had this large vase with a Samuri blazing across it. All four of us children eyed it and made secret plans to be the child who got it when the time came. When the time came, the vase ended up in the estate sale, forever safe from the squabble that would have come had any one of the four children got it. The reason, I think, that we four finally were able to let go of the desired vase was we all were at the stage of life where we had our own households that needed to be trimmed down so our survivors didn’t have to go through the impossible task of sorting out the accumulations of our lifetimes!
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I’ve heard very similar stories about longed-for items that several siblings long for, but when the time came the for transfer of the item, there was no room in their current homes, or were downsizing themselves. Fortunately for me, my brother had zero interest in anything from my parents so I was free to claim anything I wanted
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