Have you been going through any of this stuff with your son? Has he expressed a desire to keep any of it? What kind of person is he shaping up to be... is he one to be sentimental with his older toys even if he doesn't play with them or is he pretty chill about shedding things he's grown out of.
I'm realizing in my own life my kid is of the latter type and even though she's only 11, I can already gage she doesn't really want much of the sentimental stuff I've held on to. Knowing this had helped me cull a tiny bit but I know it needs to be a lot more.
@Starcrossed I inherited a box of photos that came from my grandfather after he died. It was given to my aunt and then to me when she died. I am glad to have them. Some of those old photos are the tin type ones. And a few look like they may have been taken in the late 1800’s-early 1900’s. Back then photos were expensive and not many taken so the people in the photo were likely to have been relatives of my grandfather. It would have been nice if more things were kept to be passed on to future generations and a little story included with each item who owned it and what they were used for etc. Some things like that would be priceless to me now.
