Cleaning Out

This weekend we are cleaning out the house or at least starting to. We have already done a lot in the basement. The dumpster is almost full. It has been very emotional, very draining, has brought back a lot of memories and shed a lot of tears. I still cannot believe the mess that is in the basement. Boxes from floor to ceiling, wall to wall. Daddy kept EVERYTHING! It was a little embarrassing, but I tried to remember that the majority of the stuff was not mine. I had a few boxes of stuff, but my boxes didn’t compare to what all was there. We spent hours going through old mail, nicknacks, etc. I wish we could have just put boxes in the dumpster without going through things piece by piece but Daddy would have personal things like pictures & cards mixed in with old mail. I wanted to make sure that we didn’t throw away anything important. It was easy sifting through mail, but time consuming. Thankfully we had a few friends that came over to help yesterday and today. I wish we could have emptied out the entire basement, but we would need a few more days to work down there. Part of me is ready to leave and part of me wants to stay until the entire house is cleared out. We can’t come back until April, so the rest will have to wait until then.