Cleaning out my parents' home after 55 years of marriage made me realize that I didn't want to leave everything to my kids to handle someday. I have steadily been working through every drawer, cupboard and closet in this place off and on for about a year and I'm still not done. I've been busy boxing up my kid's stuff and taking it to them. I've asked them many times to go through it and not much had been moved. I took a whole truck load to my daughter (this included her bedroom furniture and the pieces her grandfather had made her) and now have the last of it ready to go this week. I just don't need a dozen Cabbage Patch dolls, a box of doll clothes, a doll buggy, stroller and cradle etc. etc. I also don't want to make the decision to throw out someone else's stuff. My basement is almost empty and I took another truck load to the second hand store today. There's still too much here so I'll keep at it.