I guess I can see her point. I do declutter pretty regularly, but, things that bring me joy can become fluid, if that makes any sense. Something I'm not interested in for a while can jump back up into my consciousness and bring me plenty of joy and happiness and something that was up there can go back down for a while. So, I guess that's why I keep some of the things I do. I did get rid of a whole bunch of stuff a while back and now keep a donation bag going. A little bit at a time. I was talking with some friends and we decided that if our houses blew away in a hurricane we would miss our pictures. I'm the only one with the sewing machine collection so I guess I would miss those, but then I'd start collecting again. We don't have any heirlooms as such, so that stuff isn't valuable to us.
I don't have much of a stash. Too much fabric isn't a joyful thing to me. I know I am the odd ball, but, that's the way it goes!!