Sentimentality is a interesting emotion. Why are some people passionate about passing personal belongings from their generation to the next while other individuals do not feel it is important? For the sentimental person, the item can be a vehicle for attaching positive emotions associated with the item or the person who once used or owned it.
If a child's tea set is a way of remembering the good times when Lucy and her cousins played tea party, Lucy may be reluctant to give up the sea set some eighty years later. Parting with the tea set might be made easier if Lucy has a granddaughter who enjoys the tea party ritual as much as she Lucy once did. The transfer of ownership from one generation to another generation can take place with love and ceremony which in itself becomes a pleasurable memory.
What special things have you passed on to others? We would like to hear from you.
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