The Power of Purging Part Two

Sadie knows what is worth keeping :)

“Give more things away. Your life will feel lighter. Your heart will feel warmer. The world will be better.”

– Joshua Becker

As I mentioned in a recent blog, I have been spending quite a bit of time lately going through all sorts of boxes in my garage…purging, sorting, tossing. Where does it all come from?!

But I must admit, the stacks of boxes do seem to be dwindling somewhat.

Here’s a happy story (buried under death, death & more death, of course):

While going through some of John’s police-related boxes the other day, I came across a plastic bag with a $20 bill and some coins. This was the cash that happened to be in John’s pocket when he died. I remember the medical staff giving it to me in the hospital — before I’d even seen John in Emergency.

For some reason, I had held onto it for two decades.

I put the cash in my wallet…knowing I would know how best to put in back into circulation, when the right opportunity arose.

Then I moved on to dealing with all of Sadie’s (my beloved Retriever who passed away 18 months ago) things.

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