I guess I was lucky. Growing up as an Army brat and then being a soldier for 20 years makes it easy for me to get rid of stuff because of all the moves.
On the other side of the coin these are your memories, no one else's. Once you are gone who's going to remember? Kinda makes you sad but think of it. Visit a cemetery where no one you know has be buried. Walk past some of the elaborate headstones that were put in place decades ago. The graves of people who died and no one even knows who they were unless they were famous. We die and in a couple of generations no one knows who we were, what we did or if we were good people. Your great aunt's vase may have monetary value and may bring you comfort but besides you who really cares? Good case in point. Wife's grandmother passed 2 weeks short of her 102nd birthday. Other than the family who actually knew her who's going to remember her in 50 years? Her friends all died years ago. In 50 years my youngest daughter who knew her and was 20 when she died will be 80. Add another 20 years and people won't know who she was. No one will know that she had 116 great, great grand kids. Most of those were far too young when she died and they won't have any memories of her. The only person who will see her grave will be the person mowing the lawn and they won't be looking at the name, only cussing something else to have to mow around.
My MIL has photos from way back. She's 80. She loves to go through them with people telling about each one. These are people I never knew. My kids never knew them either. When she dies I'm sure my wife will want some of those because they were her moms. When my wife dies I'm sure someone will burn them.
About the only way to preserve these items are to donate them to a museum.
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