I sorted and processed the GIANT tub full of 0-12 month sized girl clothes today. The resulting piles...2 big piles to go to 2 women having girls very soon (1 in our ward, 1 in our extended-extended family). I tried to mix them evenly to include different sizes and types of clothing (our collection of church dresses alone was staggering). Also, a small pile of "gender neutral" or flat out boy clothes that I had from my girls. Yes, I had no qualms about putting my daughters in blue clothing, and boys jeans. Those will go with X's growing wardrobe. Another pile with most of the Gymboree, because I figured I may get around to Ebay-ing it to generate extra cash for boy clothes. A trash bag full of everything that had some degree of staining (because Goodwill will take it for the cloth or to send overseas according to my mom). And finally, a tiny bag with 1-2 special things from each of the peas, like their hospital clothes, and the first thing I bought them.
(2 piles of give-away stuff) ................................. (boy/Gymbo/stained)
I did not expect it to be SO HARD to get rid of these things. What is really the point of keeping them though? If I hold onto them until I feel ready to part with them, they will be totally out of style, and won't be of any use to anyone. That's just wasteful. So, I took a photo to put here for memory's sake, and now I'm letting them go. I know they are just clothes, but each thing felt like letting go of my baby girls.
I don't recall giving this pea permission to grow up
1 comments:
I so know how you feel Erika! I gave a bunch of my boy clothes away last year and it amazed me how my pictures came into my mind of my boys wearing each outfit. It almost broke my heart letting them go, but it did feel good to give them to someone who could really use them. Our babies just don't stay babies long enough. So sad.
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