Certainly a thought-provoking article , yes, in a sense, even inspiring ......but in our case it was like preaching to the choir and the preacher all in one. We have indulged in the same life-long love relationship with our past . Some friends address us as rat packs to our faces. Retired teacher, coach, nurse , volunteers.....we collected our own museum pieces indeed and chronicles of lives indeed blessed. Can you imagine living in one's own home for 25 years , raising 4 children , and then inheriting a heritage property well over 150 years old and in time compressing the 2 into the smaller, older one in less than 30 days in the dead of winter in 1998 ? Down-sizing? Hah ! More like super-sizing on a bun ! We lived in a veritable warehouse for months/years with every nook and cranny engulfed with treasures from our and my wife's families. We continue today to venture on safari-like adventures to open boxes, unlabelled due to haste, miniature tombs of discovery and boundless memories ! Thank you .
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Certainly a thought-provoking article , yes, in a sense, even inspiring ......but in our case it was like preaching to the choir and the preacher all in one. We have indulged in the same life-long love relationship with our past . Some friends address us as rat packs to our faces. Retired teacher, coach, nurse , volunteers.....we collected our own museum pieces indeed and chronicles of lives indeed blessed. Can you imagine living in one's own home for 25 years , raising 4 children , and then inheriting a heritage property well over 150 years old and in time compressing the 2 into the smaller, older one in less than 30 days in the dead of winter in 1998 ? Down-sizing? Hah ! More like super-sizing on a bun ! We lived in a veritable warehouse for months/years with every nook and cranny engulfed with treasures from our and my wife's families. We continue today to venture on safari-like adventures to open boxes, unlabelled due to haste, miniature tombs of discovery and boundless memories ! Thank you .