NRTS (Not Repairable at This Station)

[AntoniaB]

My XH left almost everything too. He only took parts of "us" that I kind of made him take (something I made him and one small photo album). The rest? 23 years' worth?? Left it with me.

I packed it up and put it either in the attic or under beds.

Now that it is a few years' later I actually become annoyed when I come across it by accident.

I've started to throw things out. I haven't gotten to photos yet, but I've pitched some previously meaningful things. And it hasn't hurt in the slightest.

Today I threw out this arrangement I had made of every wine cork I'd ever saved that represented a bottle he and I drank at some event, home or on vacation. My screen porch is being renovated tomorrow--and it was hanging on the wall. I had to clear the porch out for the workers--and then I just had it in my hand and thought, honestly, it means absolutely nothing anymore. I walked it right out to the trash. No problem.

I think a lot of times we tell ourselves things about what "they" take vs. what "they" don't and we are always ALWAYS guessing.

Don't waste your brain space on any of it. The only thing that concerns you is what YOU want to keep. If you want to put it away, put it away. If you want to throw it out, throw it out.

GO WITH YOUR GUT and you will not be betrayed by your own feelings.