Detachment
Detachment We began our purging process by having a garage sale. Leading up to the sale day we kept piling more and more stuff up in the dining room. Up until the last hour of the sale, we kept searching through the house to bring things out. Going through our things stirred emotions as I ran across many sentimental things, that brought back lots of memories. I was surprised by how hard it was sorting through things and deciding what to get rid of. This stuff was not even the "best" stuff. What a lesson in detachment, in realizing how attached I have become to things. I even cried when we packed up all of the baby clothes and sent them off, both as I was remembering all the memories of my kids when they were little, wondering where I will get more clothes if we have another, as well as wishing we could bring them with us to give to those in mission. I think we could all relate to Bridget's outward emotion, as she said "goodb...