My sister and I inherited our grandmother's jewelry collection together and we thought we could handle dividing it fairly but every conversation turns into relitigating old family dynamics and who was the favorite grandchild. We both want to honor our grandmother's memory but we're letting our own baggage poison something that should be sacred.
More people experience this than they realize.
Dividing meaningful possessions can resurrect dormant grievances about love and fairness that have little to do with the objects themselves.
“Where Are You with African communal parenting traditions?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.