photo: Martha G. Brady
A mess…
A jumble of memories,
Trash, junk, craft supplies, files…
Rolled together into drawers and shelves…
Over years of time.
Some of the mess has sentimental value only to us.
When we are gone, it will mean nothing to our kids.
Even now, they probably wonder why
We can’t seem to just throw it away and forget it.
But part of the problem is that everything is mixed together.
That’s what makes it a mess.
The valuable (to us) is mixed with the junk.
The more we move, the more it all gets tossed together.
We think we will take time to sort it after we move…
But when we settle, we don’t want to think about sorting ever again!
Until the next move.
Now there is no room to move it out of our way.
There is no garage.
There are no large closets.
We have reached the end of the line. STOP
We have to deal with all of it.
NOW!
It is all here to sort…
With some overflow at our daughter’s garage.
GOD help us.
The chickens have come home to roost!
Linking to Fellowship Friday #20 today.
Don’t I know it! Years ago, when I’d been in my apartment for several years, a friend visited and asked, “Are you ever going to unpack these boxes?” When I married and moved into a new place, the boxes came along. Sometimes when we’re having guests, we toss the clutter into boxes and stuff them into closets. (Shhhh … don’t tell anyone!)
One of these days my husband and I are going to move into a smaller house, and I dread the sorting and packing. We’ll have to keep what’s sentimental or valuable and get rid of the rest. What a job that will be!
haha:) i’m enjoying your philosophy of moving melissa. it may be encouraging to you to know that if you can lve without something in a box for a year, they say you really don’t need it so you can get rid of it now and save yourself the trouble of going through it.
i’ve been learning this the hard way!
Hi, I’m visiting from the FMF link-up. Oy! We moved from OH to PA almost a year ago. We took several weeks beforehand to clean out our basement and all other “junk” before we moved. Several trips to the Goodwill. Thank goodness we at least did that, because we still have boxes and boxes of stuff unpacked in our garage. Hope to get to that soon, as nicer weather comes! Great post on “mess!”
Thanks for stopping by Kristen. I enjoyed browsing your blog:)