How long should we keep family heirlooms?
Posted By RichC on July 13, 2023
My friend Jeff and I (same age) have been struggling with how to let things go that were either ours … and that we no longer need … or part of our family’s history? He has tons of books that he’s been donating to the local library, a storage unit with some of his mom’s stuff 
and now as a bit more from his dad who passed away at the end of last year.
In my case, I keep WAY too much “good junk” (my judgement) with the thought I might need it or use it someday. In addition to my own stuff (including a collection of just about every issue of Cruising World magazine), Brenda and I collectively have our own lifetime-of-living things PLUS a lot of items from our parents (like a hand meat grinder – photo left – Katelyn, do you want it?). I’ve keep some of the tools on a wall in my workshop, plus am holding on to a few that really don’t fit, but that I’ll never use. Case in point, a wooden miter box from Brenda’s Swedish grandfather (favorite chisels), who work in the Jamestown, New York furniture industry. Offered it to Taylor and Drew commenting, “Do either of you want to store it for the next 50 years before you throw it out?”
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