Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
It's a difficult but necessary task, glad you had your brother with you ❤️
Thanks, Yes very difficult. It’s been nice having him around, especially when we find something old like a photo. The only positive in my situation is she didn’t keep a lot of momentous. Also my dad gets anxious not doing something and used to clean out her stuff just because he thought she had too much, something like makeup or skincare. It’s just how he is and I accept it. I cleaned out my grandma’s house alone. I’d just sit and cry after pulling out her stuff. She kept every card, recipe and family circus clippings. She even kept wrapping paper☺️ Everything thing I found brought back a flood of amazing memories but painful because she wasn’t there. The most difficult will be going through the photos. But also good because it reminds me of the good times. Just something we all have to do at some point.
Yes the photos will be hard but there will be lots of happy memories in there too ❤️