I kept some pictures but the rest I chucked...well...the wedding scrapbook is at my mom's along with our wedding picture that is matted and in a beautiful frame
i will reuse the frame and throw the picture most likely
the memories I need are the ones I still have in my head the rest.... thrown
the sentimental things have become just memories so the things themselves can be repurposed because they are mine to do with what I want and i will be damned if I let either one of the asshats i married keep those
offer the old jacket to your son take a picture of the dress (or paint one or draw one) and write the memory of you mom (or better yet...draw your mom's expression...you are an artist, you know how to do that)then give the dress to an organization that can give the dress to someone who can't afford one...make a good come from the bad
you can't move forward if you are always looking behind
