Letting go can actually be uplifting!

Well, to those who have kept up with my blog, you know that when we moved into the RV everything we owned and everything our son and his fiance owned went into 2 12x25 storage units.

A good bit of it is stuff for the BBQ business, but so much of it was...well... just things we accumulated over the years that you work so hard for so you just can't part with it. Other stuff was..."we may need it some day". I have 2 boxes of keepsakes, that I will not part with. When the boys were growing up, I kept track of special things...1st pair of glasses at 15 months old, snoopy sling when an arm got sprung, boo boo bunny, karate ribbons, stuff like that. Each boy had a box and I have one with cards and gifts made in school, artwork, etc. When the oldest got married I gave him his box. When the youngest gets married I will give him his box. NO ONE gets MY box.

So, in order to save $100 a month, we all tied our hearts and weaved thru the mass of boxes and bags and started posting stuff for free on Craigslist. It took us 2 wks because the weather has been so cold but we are proud to say that we now only have 1 storage unit and it isn't even full.
Now understand, I am sure there is much more that could go...but its fine for now.

When we started we were stressed, too many decisions, too little time. We would go and it was like they moved stuff around but nothing was in the "to go" pile or "trash" pile. So I told the my son and his fiance to look at each item, if it was sentiment to put it on the "keep" side. If it was value, sell it. If you could replace it for very little, give it away. Somehow that helped them and before you knew it we were lining cars up at the gate of our storage place and driving in like a caravan!

People were very happy with their goodies and we were happy that it was done. After it was over, there were no regrets, just relief, it felt kind of like a soul cleansing.