Teacher Terry
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I made a shadowbox of my Dad's items from when he was a city councilman and gave it to my oldest son.
+10,000I tend to keep more stuff than I should, but I'm doing better. I'm at the point where I'll ask myself "Do I really want my kids to have to throw this away someday, or should I just do it now?" That helps a lot when choosing which category things are in.
Sometimes I worry that stupid little things I hang onto will cause my kids to feel bad about throwing them away, thinking they "meant something" to me. Not really. Keep the memories. The junk can go in the trash.
Picture attached, somewhat obscured by the reflections on the "glass" front. Most of the things belonged to my parents and evoke happy memories of them.
I have a bookcase in my dining room and 3 shelves have books and 3 have pictures and sentimental items.
We've done some fun things with Shadow Box picture frames. They are deep and have glass, and we have a few of my dad's fishing lures in one.