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When siblings disagree about preserving a parent's belongings after death

My sister and I agreed to clean out our mom's house together but we keep fighting over what to keep and what counts as 'honoring her memory' — she wants to preserve everything and I think that's just avoiding the grief, but maybe I'm being too harsh about letting things go.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people who loved the same person are discovering that their ways of holding onto memory feel like betrayals to each other.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Memorial practices and keeping memory alive?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.