Keepsakes and memories: Finding, in the clutter, a life well lived
Last year, getting ready to move to Italy from the United States, I sorted through every possession in our New York apartment belonging to our family of four. Clothes, shoes, toys, china, silverware, handbags, board games, cosmetics – you name it. My mission was to determine what to give away, what to throw out, and what to pack and ship across the Atlantic.
This exercise forced me to review, remember, and, in
