bin for each child, using clear 66-quart totes with labels on all four sides. If an item didn’t fit the bin and hadn’t been claimed, I had to be honest about whether I was keeping it for real or just postponing a decision. That size limit helped more than any pep talk could have.
One surprise benefit was that we ended up telling stories instead of just sorting stuff
When the boxes came down and the old photos surfaced, we remembered things I hadn’t thought about in years. A chipped
