Marmie...putting them away till you can bear the memories is a good thing....my avatar is a quilt I made from Dad's shirts. I couldnt bear to work on it for 6 yrs, finally one day I took them out and carefully cut them apart. I shed many tears over them but the best part of it all was all the memories. I had to pass the quilt on to my sister as I felt she needed it to help deal with his death..I gave it to her this year for her birthday..which was 2 days before the 7th anniversary of his death. She told me just last night how much it means to her to have something of his to hold and comfort her when she needs a bit of his memory