My husband passed away suddenly in Oct. It has been overwhelming the emotions that have surfaced but that is for another subject. He was a "collector" to put it nicely. Not quite a hoarder (because I wouldn't let him) but pretty darn close. He had bags of broken pens and pencils we had carried around for years and a bottle of Carmel air (little beach town in Calif.) and Bugs Bunny Pez containers and binders and binders of notes he had taken. 8 old computers and etc. and you all get my drift I am pretty sure. Very funny, loving, kind, intelligent, well spoken man but irresponsible and a "collector". We fought many many years about his "stuff". I like things clutter free and I hate boxes of old things lurking in dark corners and in the garage. I want freedom to breathe and not feel a lot of stuff hanging over me. So when he passed away I started in on throwing out and donating a lot of his things. He had over 20 suits. He had a really good library of theological and apologetic books I was able to donate to a pastor from Ruanda that was starting a church. And he was thrilled. So I was really happy about that. Okay, sorry I tend to ramble, I will try to reel it back in as to what my original question was meant to be. My question is what have you done about a loved one's treasures that were important memories such as trophies, awards, certificates, diplomas, etc. I know I will never display them, but I know he treasured them. I could take photos of them and save them online but that seems silly to me also. I know I would never look at them. How can a person's lifetime of achievements be thrown out but why haul them around and store them when you know you will never look at them. But it was a big part of his life. My son has already taken the few things he wanted and doesn't want any more. Do any of you have any suggestions on what you have done with things like this? It feels cold and callous to dump them but I will be moving to a smaller place and I don't like storing items I won't use, but emotionally I feel guilty. So I am open and grateful to any of you that have any suggestions.