purging

The dictionary defines purging as a forced cleansing or release. I define it as the first step in the moving process. I would like to say I have that process down since this will be our sixth move in the past five years, but I'm certainly not as organized about it as I would like. For example, this past winter I cleaned out my pantry, only to find 3 cans of tomatoes that were expired. But they weren't just barely expired, they had expired at the beginning of 2005. Which means that they had been moved 3 times and over 2,400 miles after they expired.


So I started purging things before it's time to pack to make sure that doesn't happen again. I decided to go through all my boxes of baby clothes that I have accumulated since the boys were born. I discovered that I had 9 boxes of clothes, size newborn to 18 months. And this is after I had a yard sale, gave garbage bags full of clothes to 2 different new moms, and took some to Goodwill. (People have been very generous and given us a lot of clothes.) I guess I have an attachment to so many of the boys' outfits, and even felt it necessary to keep 2 of the same outfit, just in case we have twin boys again. (I know, I'm crazy!)
Anyway, I went through the clothes, again, and decided to only keep 3 boxes of clothes. I was proud of how much I was able to let go of, even if I cried as I sorted.


So, if any of you are having a little boy and would like some cute baby clothes, let me know and we can try to work something out to get them to you.