Congratualations on working on the storage space; I've been putting that off at my home and extra storage space for a year or two now. That's hard work all on its own.

One of the reasons I don't jump in is because of all the things I have saved and how I'll be overwhelmed with memories, etc. I think you are very brave.

I like how you went from thinking of the past and teddy bears and when your daughter had each thing to the present and being angry because social services hadn't told you they might have found a place for her. I hope it just happened and they hadn't had an opportunity or were mentioning it to your daughter as a bit of a "treat" to keep her tractable or something and fully intended to call you first when it became an actuality. "Might have" is for children? You want to know what is going on and I think they'll tell you before they give very many details to your daughter?

I'm glad you are through to the other end though, of sorting the stuff. That's good work and done now.

{{{Kathy}}}