GIFT-GIVING EXPECTATIONS: ROOTS & WINGS

Parents give their children roots to grow and wings to fly. This may apply to family treasures as well!

How do we gift from our collections without placing heavy Expectations on the recipient?

Recent blog posts focus on gift-giving from our abundant collections and story-telling about family treasures.

While helping people through downsizing, I often hear:

“The next generations don’t want my stuff or won’t take good care of it."

How do we gift from our collections without placing heavy Expectations on the recipient?

STORY-TELLING ABOUT A FAMILY TREASURE

Gift-Giving from Your Collection (last week’s blog posting) suggests how gift-giving during the holiday season from one’s ready-made collection can help the downsizing process.

Perhaps you have chosen family treasures to pass on. Or family members have asked if they can eventually have an item, and you have replied “Yes! Now!”

Telling the story of the gift may help ensure that it is treated with some of the respect that you hope it will be. Reminiscing can also help you emotionally let go of your possession with your best wishes.

GIFT-GIVING FROM YOUR COLLECTION

As we move into the traditional gift-giving time of year, here’s our invitation to consider if there are items in your home or your parents’ home that might support a family down-sizing project.

What might gifting from an abundant collection look like for a multi-generational family? Significant and meaningful items could be passed on to younger generations as part of the holiday season.

Where might small appliances such as a rarely used bread-maker or furniture such as an old bookcase find a new home?

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