I feel for you. Been there. my hubby passed in December 2014. i cleaned out the house 2015 and half of 2016. The garage had two coffee cans of coins. yea!! that was a good find. Then downstairs I found tax returns back to 1957 when he first moved into the house in Colorado. whew. also old floppy disks and CD's with people's tax returns on them. (he used to do tax work for free). I had to destroy all those years of information. But i got it done and charities were happy. i also almost gave away my antique furniture pieces. I'd had them for 30 years (got $500.00) and figured others could enjoy them now. Sad but I made my decision so it wasn't too bad.
We can collect things over the years. just give away things you know others could use and toss some of it also. then work on the larger things, like furniture, dishes, and such. Good luck. Happy Move.
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