We are going through the same thing and what do you do? I have everything from pictures that fortunately both parents marked with names and the relationship to me to albums from my grandmother's 1918 bridal shower. Our daughter thoroughly loves to go through all these boxes. We are moving them with us when we downsize. Do any of your children have an interest?
We have boxes of slides my father took. All neatly in rows in boxes meant for slides. He was a photographer in WWII. We're going to go through them one by one, after retirement, and see if there are any that may be of interest to a history buff.
What we've decided to do after retirement is take all our VCR tapes from family events and convert them to CD. Each one of our children will get a copy and we will pitch the tapes.
I have no problem getting rid of an antique from my family once I've asked our children if they want the item. I would rather it be enjoyed by a perfect stranger than sit in an attic. The pictures are personal and I am having trouble disposing of any of them and look forward to other peoples responses.
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