What really gets me is when I see photo albums at estate sales. It is so sad that none of their relatives wanted the photos. I'd hate to think that strangers were looking at my photo albums. I would rather they were destroyed.
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Really once you're gone it doesn't matter what happens to them. Having moved my in-laws into residential care a few years ago and my 94 year old grandmother only last weekend, I'm conscious of the work it creates for the family members who have the task of clearing everything out. I like the idea of donating stuff to a charity. Make sure it's in your will.
If she loves her collection of ceramic birds you could take photos of each piece. They could go into a hard copy album or a digital photo frame that scrolls through so it's almost like having them there. As the dementia advances it would be a nice past time for her flicking through the album and remembering each piece and talking about them with someone who cares.
Not all people are nice people. Sad but true. Maybe nobody wants the photos because they don't want the memories.
You're welcome. I work with the aged care sector and organise dementia and other training and information forums for workers and consumers, so I pick up lots of info, particularly about dementia. Such a dreadful disease. I hope there's a cure one day.
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So hard. We went through this with her mother too, so she knows what will most likely happen. She's in denial, but I am trying to help as I can. The photo thing is so helpful because it will ease her fears that she will lose her things too, not just her memories.
There is a whole series of cards where they take vintage photos and add punchlines to them. I think I'd want my old photos destroyed too.
Both my parents worked in photo finishing and I don't even want to think about the photos at my mom's house. She took literally boxes of photos of my daughter when she was little and they are at the bottom of a closet at my house. There are too many to scan. WAY too many to scan. There are photos of my son too but no where near as many just because he wasn't at her house as often.
Other than that I don't think my mom has that much stuff. My daughter would like some of my purses now and she's gotten a few as gifts but I'm hoping to have time to thin things out before she has to sort through them. I do have a lot of other stuff that I'm working through also right now.
Thank you
for all your kind and thoughtful responses. Donating is, i think, the way I'll go--and well before the inevitable i hope!!Had cherished hopes that dd might become interested, but that doesn't seem likely:cry:
However, there's hope yet for dgd!!
Seriously, i like the idea of donating. Also thought about giving some to the drama dept. at our local high-school--period color, you know!!
And then my other collections---sigh
Of course, i could always just stop....nah
Question: I recently bought a little mahogany Sonoma backpack, in good condition, but the leather oo-dad that cinches the bag closed was super loose, so now the bag doesn't stay closed. I've bought a couple cord stopper thingies, but the holes on one were too small for the leather "strings" to fit, and the other ones I bought can only fit one string at a time. Any suggestions on keeping my bag closed while I'm on the go?
I think the tunnels need to be tightened. It seems like you could put in a few stitches. How about clipping a barrette on it?
It sounds like the 'doo-dad' has stretched, so can you take it off and sew a line of thread so that it makes the space that the cord threads through smaller? If you can't do it, a cobbler should be able to.
ETA: you just beat me whateve!
I wonder how so many people can get the style names wrong so many times! I hope the serious Madison hunters check this thread.
