Tuesday-2nd Day of Fall

MEMORABILIA

If we hang on to too much Memorabilia it becomes clutter. But, how do you discern how much is too much? I think my oldest "item" is a book my 4th great grandmother Mary Pellett gave her husband Francis Pellet on his birthday. The inscription was written in Jan. 1807. I feel blessed to have this book and other family things. One item is my great-grandmother's signet ring with the letter M. I have most of these items in archival boxes or cedar chests.

Next I have similar items of my parents and my favorite aunt who had no children. Then, there are the things my children made, kept or gave me. They live in small homes or apartments and do not have room to take the things they might like to keep. So, I'm the clutter archivist. :)