Stuff

I have a lot of old stuff … other people’s old stuff … books, photo albums, paintings, bric-a-brac … and more yellowed wedding gowns, stored in old trunks, than I will ever have need of … all from family long gone … now my stuff to keep and care for. To lighten my load, I decided to keep only those things that had two-out-of-three of these characteristics: Value, Function, and Sentiment. An old stove-top coffee percolator? No value, but it makes good coffee and brings up good memories … a keeper. Regrettably, the old wedding gowns will fare less well.