“Just toss it!” is the rallying cry of these weeks. But some items we simply can’t bring ourselves to discard. 9 writers share
There were so many memories tied up in each pink stretchie, each frilly dress with its matching ruffled socks. I refused to believe these adorable outfits wouldn’t one day grace another little girl of mine, so I stubbornly held on to the crates of clothes as my youngest daughter passed birthday after birthday.
Finally, when she was 15, (yes, hope springs eternal) I realized that even if a new pampered Peritzman princess would appear on the scene, these clothes were hopelessly outdated and my daughters would never let me reuse them for any sister of theirs.
Yet I still couldn’t bring myself to throw them out, donate them to a gemach, or even give them to a relative. Every so often I’d be attacked by the decluttering bug, open the plastic storage boxes and get lost in the past.
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