tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302767455915995629.post3699678102286768281..comments2024-01-17T05:33:20.530-08:00Comments on Dan, in real time.: To keep, or not to keep. That is the question.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302767455915995629.post-83297263107354114062010-07-06T09:51:57.665-07:002010-07-06T09:51:57.665-07:00The part about Michael's clothing helping youn...The part about Michael's clothing helping young men in need resulted in me crying. Then your comment about still trying to change your man made me laugh! <br />Your trying to downsize by half is giving me some motivation to do the same here on my end. Moving, packing, sorting, putting things into storage is a very draining process. I wish you all the best and will be thinking of you this week. Now I am off to make a donation of my own of old clothing to the Goodwill!Widow in the Middlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01598249263166943162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302767455915995629.post-16164173333887894652010-07-06T06:18:44.934-07:002010-07-06T06:18:44.934-07:00I reminded him that he no longer needed all of the...<i>I reminded him that he no longer needed all of these things, and that he would be helping so many other young men by giving them away.</i><br /><br />Ha. Well, I had a similar conversation last year when I asked Don if it was okay to give away most of his collection of "gimme hats". He was a very well-liked person and his customers were always bringing him hats for their farms or businesses. He didn't actually wear most of these hats, but he kept them in our hall cupboard, neatly sitting in stacks. After he died, it was one of those "Okay, what the hell do I do with all of these hats!" There was a similar situation with the t-shirts as he used to like to buy nice t-shirts with designs by artists from places we traveled through. That was a pretty nice collection too, but one that he actually wore a lot, so I have a bit of an attachment to those shirts as I remember him wearing them when we were hiking or canoeing. I picked out all the nicest of the shirts and the hats, then asked if it was okay to give the rest away. I took the "no answer" as being okay. If he had objections, I'm sure he would have said something. The bulk of the hats and a good number of t-shirts went into the goodwill bin down the road from our place. The same with all of the hiking and running shoes and sandals, most of which were quite new or in good shape. I hope someone gets some use out of all of that stuff. <br /><br />I agree, letting go of things is quite freeing. I feel that I actually should have let go of more last year, but I was under too much stress trying to get rid of the big stuff in the farm buildings. I did just as you are doing -- packed things and took them to a storage locker as I had time. I filled a 10x10 with the household stuff, and another 5x10 with our tools, bicycles, canoe and camping gear, etc... Wish I had cut it down a lot more before having it moved here - which was actually my original plan. It's a bit chaotic here now. All I can say is my stock phrase these days.... "Oh well!". (-:bevhttp://magickcanoe.com/blog11noreply@blogger.com