I remember when my parents gave up their house. 50 years of marriage & 7 children, all needing to be condensed to a tiny, 1-bedroom seniors apartment. They let us know that what we didn’t take was going to be gotten rid of. What killed me was that I wanted my mother’s teacup-&-saucer collection, but had no place to keep them myself, so I could only choose a few of my favorites. Then, last year, when my mother died, my father had to be further condensed to a single bedroom. It just about broke my heart.
I remember when my parents gave up their house. 50 years of marriage & 7 children, all needing to be condensed to a tiny, 1-bedroom seniors apartment. They let us know that what we didn’t take was going to be gotten rid of. What killed me was that I wanted my mother’s teacup-&-saucer collection, but had no place to keep them myself, so I could only choose a few of my favorites. Then, last year, when my mother died, my father had to be further condensed to a single bedroom. It just about broke my heart.