So, I can't beleive I am about to ask CR to help me with something that actually has real emotional signifigance to me, but, here we go.
The condo that I own has basically been inherited by me, twice. My Grandmother purchased it in 2002, and she and my mother moved in then. In 2003, my Grandmother passed away from COPD, and I moved in with mom and assumed the mortgage so that she wouldn't have to go to some pip style place (she was disabled and on government income of $600 a month) and live in squalor.
When I moved in, the only things I brought were my bed, my computer and desk, and my clothes. That was the extent of the things that I owned at that point. The condo was already fully furnished with pretty much the combined legacy of the entire Nicholson Family, including the Ethan Allen furniture I have been trying to sell, as well as numerous and sundry other beautiful things from our family's history.
For seven years I lived there, paid the bills, and took care of mom. Many of you know that my mother passed away in the spring of this year, and I inherited to sum total of all of the things in the home, part and parcel.
Herein lies my dilemma, what the heck am I supposed to do with these things? When I pick up a piece of artwork that was lovingly crafted and given to my mother from my grandmother, what do I do with that? (I mean besides struggle not to break down in tears like the little bitch that I am, god help me ) Those who have been to my home know that it is literally FULL of little keepsakes that were gifts from one now dead person to another now dead person, both of whom I cared a great deal for.
Up to this point, I have given bags and bags of things to charities that my mother and grandmother supported, I have given away as much of the things as I could to the remaining family members, I have sold or am attempting to sell the things that I cannot bring myself to give away due to their perceived value (like the furniture), but I am left with a home full of little knickknacks and keepsakes that are sometimes addressed to specific people, and always carry some emotional signifigance.
CR, I ask you, what would you do with these things?