Message #20489

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A special relic is one thing, an archive is quite another! Lol. My dad is another one who has seen the extreme that this can be carried to. He also had boxes and boxes of stuff from my great grandfather. He had newspaper clippings that my great grandfather had made of people who he [my dad] did not even know. They were friends of my great grandad. So, my dad recently did some major cleaning out of some things which he had been reluctant to throw away. It feels like you are throwing away the people, the memories, and ultimately the love you feel for them. But there is a point where you just cannot keep it all. I'm sure you are wise enough to know the difference when the time comes.