Writing prompt #56 — downsizing

Letting Go of Memorabilia

But not the memories

Bruce Stambaugh
Crow’s Feet
Published in
3 min readMay 1, 2024

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The cowboy hat. Photo by Bruce Stambaugh

My wife and I have been cleaning the house item by item for longer than I can remember. And we’ve been married for 53 years.

She has always been ahead of me in the disposing game. I’m finally beginning to understand the joy of discarding items I have clung to for far too long.

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Bruce Stambaugh
Crow’s Feet

Writer, photographer, lover of nature. I write about what I encounter along life's wild and wonderful way. I blog at https://brucestambaugh.com/.