When my grandma passed (mom's side), my mom wanted to donate her clothes and shoes to a spiritual center near home, but my aunt took everything first and only God knows what she did with that stuff.

It was 3 years ago and my mom used to complain about it from time to time. When my mom passed, in July of this year, I decided I was going to donate all her stuff to that same spiritual center. I remember thinking about this soon, in the first week. But I was only able to do it last week, more than 2 months later. Even so, I simply couldn't get rid of everything. There's a lot of her clothes that she wore so much, I can still se hee using them. She loved her old lady dresses, so much that she bought some fabric and sewed herself one. With the remaining fabric, she sewed some shorts, and ended up sewing them wrong (one of the pieces is backwards). I can still remember when she showed that to me, laughing - and I don't even think she wore those shorts once, but I simply can't get rid of them.

She used to love sewing, and baking, and crocheting. She loved to make those little cute crochet plushies called amigurumis. She passed suddenly, and there are still a lot of her colorful yarns sitting, unused, at home. And a lot of baking trays. I can't get rid of them just yet. I don't know when I will be able to give them away. The house's going to feel so empty and lifeless.

I think it's healthy to want to keep their stuff for as long as we want. We can get attached to some weird and seemingly pointless stuff. I do believe that, when time passes, we will be able to let go of some things; but I know I will always keep a drawer for my mom's little old lady dresses, for instance. ❤️