Winnowing
What more do you have to give?

The first purge is the most satisfying. Say your wife died. Her name was Jeannie, and she was a big shopper (QVC mostly). A lot of those packages just sat around the house, unopened.
Maybe the kids (let’s go with three) help you with a garage sale — and as the sugar and creamer sets and owl pendants leave your lawn you feel lighter, less bogged down in grief. More…