As I am preparing for the decorator, I have sorted out quite a few things for the charity shop, but some are really difficult.
One item is a plate decorated by my first grandchild at nursery. To be honest, I have no real attachment to it, but how can I possibly part with it? Especially when it says To Granny and Grandad though obviously the child did not write that, their contribution was a hand print. I can hardly send it to a charity shop, as nobody would buy it. I have packed it with the rest of my crockery for now, but I probably won’t put it back in the cupboard when I unpack.
The other item is, very reluctantly, also going to go in the bin. It is a china mug, a lovely pattern, a perfect shape, but now has two tiny chips, though not where you drink from. It was given to me by one of my loveliest pupils when she left school. She lived near me and I used to babysit her when she was younger, so I knew her from 5 - 18, but lost touch after that.
What do you find hard to get rid of, for sentimental reasons?
