In most instances it brings me great joy to throw things away. I'll watch an episode of hoarders just so it motivates me to clean out something. I don't usually get overly sentimental about objects, because I prefer a picture to bring back the memories. The one exception I am finding to be true is books. I have a really hard time donating or getting rid of books that have sentimental value. There are several books that my children have "loved" in a way that the books are now completely falling apart and/or are missing pages.
As the kiddos get older I know they don't need as many picture books anymore, but I still can't bring myself to get rid of most of them. I even have a few of mine from childhood that should have been long since thrown out, but I can't do it.
I love that my old land line telephone number from Clovis, California is written in the book. My mom used that book to put together a Strawberry Shortcake birthday for me back in the day. These 4 books all have bindings falling off. Little Lady loved on them, too, when she was younger, but she's well out of the Strawberry Shortcake phase. I admit I still put them back in the bookshelf.
I guess I'm just going to have to clean everything else out, so that I have enough room for the books.
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