Letting go of 40 years’ worth of family memories

Over the past couple of years, I have had to share - with my partner, sister and other family members - the grim and heart-breaking task of clearing our parents’ house, selling it and saying goodbye to well over 40 years of memories.

Over the past couple of years, I have had to share - with my partner, sister and other family members - the grim and heart-breaking task of clearing our parents’ house, selling it and saying goodbye to well over 40 years of memories. My father bought it as a plot of land, so it has only ever had our family living in it – until last summer.

Dismantling my…