What do you do with keepsakes and momentos from family and friends?

I have a trunk that i got from my daddy,and he got it from my mom,and it belonged to my grandmother on Moms side..I keep it full of keepsakes,picturs, memo'e, anything from relatives..I have to admit it is full and very heavy..I have decopouged it with very pretty roses and thats where all my keep sakes are...I have all kinds of things in there..Letters from Dad & Mom,christmas cards ,birthday cards for them.I have a fantastic collection of old memories right there in that trunk..I also have things that my children made when they went to sunday school....

I always keep all the childrens cards that they have made and special items they have made at school. I have a set of albums that have all special cards that have been sent and I have a large box in the loft of nursery pictures they have done. I wear a ring my nan left me everyday, in fact I never take it off and I have kept a 22ct gold t-set to pass down to the kids. Other than that I have my memories as I tend to declutter a lot. I do not have anything from previous relationships bar the odd photo maybe but then only if other people are in them that are still part of my life. I am sorry to hear that you have lost both parent noe and do not know how recent, mine are still alive so I can't say how I would be, probably the same as you right now really but rather than in boxes they would be displayed around the home somewhere. Ellie

I have a second fire safe that I keep certain things in. The bouquet from my Mom's last wedding, family pictures on CD's, a piece of my baby blanket just to name a few. At least I know if there is a fire they are safe. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

I also have many items that once belonged to loved ones who have passed on, ctry, and I do use some of them around my apartment. Other things I have passed down to my children, and I have a huge box of photos dating back to my great-grandfather stored and wrapped in my pantry. I really wish I had a big house so that I could display these photos. I've told my kids that it will be up to them to hold onto them once I am gone. I could never throw any of these things away, so I just hold onto them. I have a huge Family Bible -complete with a lovely carved wooden stand from my aunt; my grandfather's pipe that he got in Niagara Falls probably in the early '50s; a huge Oriental bas relief scene that hangs over my living room sofa, which once belonged to another aunt; a rolling pen from my mother. I could go on and on, lol. These things mean so much to me.

My most treasured keepsakes go in the cedar chest we have that was my mother in laws.

Photos and such I put in sepreate photo albums. Makes it easier when I want to go back and take a look. Things like nick nacks go in my currio cabinet in the living room. And any thing else at this point my mother is keeping. I am sure to be a recipient of more things when she passes. Hopefully not for a long while yet. Eventually I may have to find storage in the garage, or just have a sale. Unfortunately there is never enough room for the thingsd you want to keep.

i do keep stuff in boxes, but not alot, mostly just letters and cards. I figure, if it's in a box, where no one can see it, then why am i keeping it? I take small memorabilia(sp) and make shadow boxes w/ them. I don't have alot of room to stack boxes, and even if I did, I wouldn't want to. I have a lot of projects to do, so there's plenty in a box....but only until I get it out and make something w/ it. that piece of paper w/ her Dr's number might be a sign that you haven't let go, yet. because, why do you need it? I understand keeping the card, but the paper is a bit much. i'm not putting you down. I've been there and I remember how i was. I kept everything I could that reminded me of her. I even kept an earring. After awhile, I just needed to let it go, and I started w/ all the stuff I had. It helped alot. All that stuff was weighing me down and constantly making me think of her.

I have all the little mementos in my jewelry box and I have photos in albums.

I have one or two things left out on display and other things put in a nice box that I keep in my wardrobe. Now and then I take it out to look over but mostly it stays in my wardrobe.

I treasure keepsakes.. I have several boxes for these. I am quite a sentimental person and so I keep a lot of things. From concert tickets to plane tickets and a whole lot more! I still keep letters my friends gave me way back when I was in grade school.

Hello, right now I keep my keepsakes in a box in my closet. Its not much, but they mean alot to me. My daughter dose the same thing. But she has lots more.

Well, I don't have very many momentos from my family. I too am divorced from my kids father, but since they are now adults, my kids, I have given them all the pictures and such because I have no need for them. As for my parents, my mom is still alive, TG, but my father has passed on and I don't have any momentos from him because I didn't like my father since he abused us all our childhood life. I do have a few things from my kids as they were growing up, that I kept like their first birthday cards they made for me. I keep those in my safe box along with other important papers.

I'm in the process of choosing what to keep and throw right now since I'm getting ready to move countries and I can only pack so many things. I basically organize things into shoe boxes. That way you are limited to how much you can save (since shoe boxes are small and easy to stack) and this makes me really figure out what's more important to keep. Everyone's first reaction will be to want to keep everything of that person, but at the end of the day that is only going to make you end up a lot of STUFF, useless things really if you are keeping things like movie tickets from your 10 year relationship. From my high school years I just save my yearbooks and my agendas (since my friends and I would annually autograph each others) as well as my agendas from university. So basically things that can sum up certain parts of your life. The truth is that real memories stay forever in your mind. The keepsakes and momentos are just things that can trigger those memories.

The things with such value will be kept around me, it might be can't be used,but it's something that could tears you down later. The picture u have with your childhood friends, your child pets can really put a smile in your face.