Another 2.5 hours 😪

@Jenny1234
With some things that are near and dear to us... like old photographs for example, we tend to tuck stuff away to look at and reminisce over in future years to come as we're sitting around with grandchildren, so maybe in your Dad's case, he felt an intrinsic connection to his tax returns which showed his financial status at the time which he and your mom raised a family from, to then someday compare it all to what he may have been earning in later years of his retirement.

You'll never know for sure, but maybe he use to secretly take out those old tax returns at tax time each year to remind himself of where he came from.

@swirlie yes he was a new immigrant to Canada a few years earlier and worked his butt off to become a chartered accountant so I think both of those combined were the reasons behind saving those returns. So you’re right

@beermeplease unfortunately my brother had had back to back work and military training events that necessitated he be out of state for the past few weeks. Our much older half sister apparently decided she helped enough. Or something else. Who knows what's going on with her but she hasn't been to my dad's since we all went after the burial. I guess making the photo boards and the few hours bagging up his clothes and emptying the fridge was enough for her. She won't even get his mail and lives 10 minutes closer than I.

@Starcrossed there will be an end to this...but remember family is family and try not to think about the negativity...you will heal and you need to know you did well 🫂

@come2gether oh man, I'm sorry.

I certainly know I'm no angel when it comes to not throwing things that should just be tossed. I've been battling with myself in trusting that the garbage bags my siblings did fill didn't contain things that should have been saved. I've lightly gone through two so far and pulled a couple things back out saving them from disappearing forever. But my dad's eccentric hoarding is a whole deeper level than my own. Thankfully it was more paperwork than actual things. Most of his household items I can donate to a Veterans and another low income home furnishing charity so I'm hoping we'll only need one dumpster.

Though the 'things' hoard is more up at the cabin which we haven't even started to go through.

Thank you @Jeephikelove

@Aysel thank you

@HumanEarth that was totally my dad. He grew up on a farm from parents who survived the Depression.