Comments on: Have You Cleaned Out Your Childhood Bedroom? https://cupofjo.com/2025/07/07/cleaning-out-childhood-bedroom/ Fashion, Beauty, Design, Culture, Food, Relationships, Motherhood Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:34:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jenny/AdventuresAlongTheWay https://cupofjo.com/2025/07/07/cleaning-out-childhood-bedroom/#comment-3491549 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:34:16 +0000 https://cupofjo.com/?p=340726#comment-3491549 In reply to Julie.

Oh, Cris, what a wonderful story! I am so glad you have that yearbook as part of the story of your relationship. And too funny about the last kiss that brought the curtain down!

]]> By: Fulanita https://cupofjo.com/2025/07/07/cleaning-out-childhood-bedroom/#comment-3491518 Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:26:27 +0000 https://cupofjo.com/?p=340726#comment-3491518 In reply to Annie.

This warmed my morning, and so relatable, thank you!

]]> By: Marie https://cupofjo.com/2025/07/07/cleaning-out-childhood-bedroom/#comment-3491462 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:05:50 +0000 https://cupofjo.com/?p=340726#comment-3491462 In reply to Annie.

I love this and your mom sounds awesome!

]]> By: Michelle https://cupofjo.com/2025/07/07/cleaning-out-childhood-bedroom/#comment-3491458 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 20:51:18 +0000 https://cupofjo.com/?p=340726#comment-3491458 ). The urge to purge remains strong, even though we don’t travel as much anymore. It’s just too easy to accumulate stuff and then forget about it…]]> When my husband and I downsized to go ff travelling, I decided to return all the hand written letters I had received from close friends over the years. I thought they would be nice memories for them to have, as most of them contained details of their teenage lives. Unfortunately none of my friends seemed very happy with this gift, and they certainly didn’t offer to return any of the letters I had sent them over the years (which they had probably already trashed 😂). The urge to purge remains strong, even though we don’t travel as much anymore. It’s just too easy to accumulate stuff and then forget about it…

]]> By: Annie https://cupofjo.com/2025/07/07/cleaning-out-childhood-bedroom/#comment-3491439 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:37:39 +0000 https://cupofjo.com/?p=340726#comment-3491439 Actual text conversation with my (37f) mom (77f) today, from across the country, about my beloved childhood doll, Marianne:

MOM: Continuing clearing the house. A bit of a weird ? Do you want Marianne? There is a woman who collects dolls, so she would go to someone who would take good care of her.

ME: Hmm let me think. This kind of feels like you’re telling me my dog is going to live on a farm.

MOM: I hear it’s a very nice farm and Marianne would have lots of new friends

ME: Wait is there actually someone who collects dolls though?

]]> By: Kiki https://cupofjo.com/2025/07/07/cleaning-out-childhood-bedroom/#comment-3491389 Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:26:12 +0000 https://cupofjo.com/?p=340726#comment-3491389 after my dad died, my mom sold the house within 1 week of listing (!!!!). while it felt REALLY fast, and I felt like I had already gone through my room multiple times, it was good to have a 2 day time limit to go through EVERYTHING before the movers came (I’m down to 2 boxes in my mom’s storage unit for NOW [she’s redoing her house] but there were some treasures in there that were fun to find* even if the whole process was exhausting and brought everyone involved to tears at one point or another {*a short silver chain I immediately put on, for example!}

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