My family’s history and story is of great concern to, so much so that I intend to reconstruct the family tree as far as I can get in order to know who came before me.
In this same sense, I put a lot a value into objects that have reached through the generations. I have china, some furniture, personal items, photos and photo albums, etc.
Everything tells a piece of a story I wasn’t able to fully live through and instead just brushed me growing up.
It gives me a sense of belonging.
Not really. My wife has some bulky furniture that we plan on tossing out once her mother dies. It’s worthless and of no practical use, which is probably why she passed it by on already.
My grandparents had some cool stuff, but their children got in an argument over some of it, so I don’t know who got what and I don’t want anything to do with that. Hopefully they’re happy with ruining their relationships over items that belong in a museum.