[Magdalen] Prayers, for me, and Dawn

[Sally Davies]

I live with a collector, and although Keith's attachment to Things is more
cerebral than emotional ("Every time I've thrown something out I have found
I needed it later"), I can personally vouch for complete lack of success in
persuading him to divest.

Not that he would never do it - he has, but it takes huge amounts of time
that he rarely has available.

So the despatch from this particular domestic battle front is that it's
simply not worth fighting about, defeat is very likely and victory if ever
achieved is Pyrrhic.

Sally D

On Saturday, 29 November 2014, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> What Grace said, in spades. My daughter has turned into the keeper of the
> archives and will probably digitize everything eventually. Her husband has
> helped her see the value of these.
>
> On Friday, November 28, 2014, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > I would just caution you to think again about discarding family pictures,
> > Jon. If you really don't have room, consider giving them to your kids
> now.
> > Even some of my grandchildren are fascinated by old family photos, and
> one
> > of them made a comment awhile ago about liking the fact that she was
> > related to these people.
> >
> > And when my mother-in-law was well into Alzheimer's she loved looking
> > through old pictures and telling us about the people in them and the
> > circumstances of the occasion. Lots of family oral history got passed on
> > during those visits, and my sister-in-law was delighted. Without the
> > pictures all of that would have gotten lost.
> >
> > On November 28, 2014, at 8:14 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>
> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > Listmates, we move this coming Monday to our ground level, no stairs
> > apartment.  I will be happy to be IN Kansas City finally.
> >
> > The things I have are simply things and I have no attachment to them.  My
> > daughter gets some things, my son gets some things, and I'm getting rid
> of
> > my amazing collection of Dylanalia that I have.  What I need is packable
> in
> > just a few boxes.
> >
> > Dawn has attachments to
> >  her
> > things thatI don't comprehend.  She's saved tons of stuff and I have
> > reminded her that we are downsizing, and we end up arguing things.  I
> > have photos of my folks that are simply photos of my folks...they serve
> me
> > no purpose, yet Dawn berates me for not saving them for my kids.  My
> > things will take about 3 hours to pack up
> > , and that's it.
> >
> > Listmates, stuff is stuff, and I'm sick of "grrrrrring" under my breath.
> >
> > I ask your prayers for us as we move.  
> >
> >
> > +++
> > 
> > Grace & peace,
> > jon
> >
>