Memories and Stuff

The last two days I've been cleaning out and cleaning up. One trip to Buffalo Exchange, two trips to the Salvation Army, and a trip for some more space bags, made for some cleaner closets. I sold some stuff on Craigslist and I'm finally back on Ebay, it feels great! I love to clean! NJ's clothes are getting harder to store so I moved them from boxes to space bags. There were the clothes that we brought NJ home from Taiwan in. All the memories of that flooded my mind and heart. I can hardly believe he was that small, all eighteen pounds of him. Putting his little clothes away made me remember all the times he wore all the cute outfits. He's growing too fast!  I went through piles and piles of our tees from trips that we've taken, trips our parents have taken, and some of our favorites that look like they've shrunk when we wear them. Plus lots of favorites that we can't fit anymore. It's always been so hard to let go because of the attachment of when I've worn them. Even some of Baba's shirts made me sad to see them go. Ones that I remember he's worn to weddings and special occasions. It's hard to let go of the memories, but I have to remind myself that it's just stuff. All I have to do is think about how much time I spent in the hospital to remember that I was ok without any of it. I had the people I love and that's all I cared about.