I have found that the hardest things for me to declutter are the things my daughters own. I hope talking about it will help make it easier for me to let go.
The first item I have had a hard time getting rid of recently is this basket I received at my baby shower for my first born...13 years ago. It came in a set of three and all three were used to hold my oldest child's belongings. Since my oldest has recently become a big fan of decluttering, she didn't have need for the largest basket. I then used it to store the toys of my 10 month, but it began to fall apart. Pieces of it would fall on the floor and my baby would pick them up and put them in her mouth. I would have LOVED to have saved this to store my baby's stuff in like her sister, but it pretty much unsafe for her at this point. I reused the cloth it came with and put it on a laundry basket I purchased from Dollar Tree a few years ago. As my husband took the basket away, I yelled, "Thanks for being so good to Lexi throughout the years!" That helped me to let it go. And to my surprise, a second basket from the set began to fall apart the next day. I had to part with that one also. I'm very proud of myself.
The first item I have had a hard time getting rid of recently is this basket I received at my baby shower for my first born...13 years ago. It came in a set of three and all three were used to hold my oldest child's belongings. Since my oldest has recently become a big fan of decluttering, she didn't have need for the largest basket. I then used it to store the toys of my 10 month, but it began to fall apart. Pieces of it would fall on the floor and my baby would pick them up and put them in her mouth. I would have LOVED to have saved this to store my baby's stuff in like her sister, but it pretty much unsafe for her at this point. I reused the cloth it came with and put it on a laundry basket I purchased from Dollar Tree a few years ago. As my husband took the basket away, I yelled, "Thanks for being so good to Lexi throughout the years!" That helped me to let it go. And to my surprise, a second basket from the set began to fall apart the next day. I had to part with that one also. I'm very proud of myself.
The second item I am parting with are these multiplication cards. I'm pretty sure my daughter used these in the third grade. I was going to keep them for her sister, then my husband made a joke that we would teach her multiplication before addition. Then I realized, am I supposed to hold onto these for eight years for her? I know that time flies by, but eight years is a long time to store something that we won't be using. I reassured myself that if needed, I can replace these from some at Dollar Tree...eight years from now haha.
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