How to Balance Nostalgia with Letting Go

It can be hard to let go of all the stuff, but it gets easier the older I get

The author’s mother-in-law when she graduated from college — Photo by Hank Bruno

Nostalgia is defined as “a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past.” This can manifest itself in many ways, but one of the ways my husband and I are experiencing it is in sorting a lifetime — actually several lifetimes — of stuff.