My partner and I have completely different relationships to our family histories—they want to preserve everything from their grandparents' house and I just see clutter that keeps us stuck in the past, but we can't figure out how to honor both needs without one of us feeling like we're betraying something essential.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are discovering that their different relationships to inherited objects and stories reflect deeper conflicts about how much the past should shape the present.
“Where Are You with Historical consciousness and temporal depth?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.