disposing my parent's stuff

[JesseA721736]

How do you deal with the grief and the process of disposing of my parent's furniture and other possessions from their apartment?

[SereneSeagull]

Hi @JesseA721736 

Im sorry for your loss.  That’s hard.
The whole grief, responsibility thing can be completely overwhelming. Not only is there the sadness, but also too, making decisions, dealing with banks, paperwork, and all that.  So hard, and so emotional.  And possibly you may be dealing with an apartment with time constraints.  

    The suggestion that CBtoo made is a very good one if you could get a storage unit and then go at a slower pace when you can get to that.  It’s so hard to be doing everything else and mourn at the same time.  If you have other family or friends who can lend a hand too, that you could ask.  That can be helpful too.  Sometimes others want to help but don’t know exactly how or what you need.  

One day and step at a time is all you can do.  It is hard and can be all encompassing at times.  Glad you are here asking.  

[CBtoo · Accepted solution]

Doing that is such a grief trigger (my mom died in May). What we finally did was temporarily rent a storage unit and we are going through things slowly. We did the furniture first as then we'd need a smaller storage unit. The other problem is people from out of town coming to get things. We took photos and loaded them to google photos for people to pick what they wanted (and worked out compromises  when more htan one person wanted something). Take care and good luck dealing with this. It's hard. 

[Winter2025VA]

Dear @CBtoo , I am so sorry for your loss dear friend.

Thank you so much for stopping by to "support" OUR Jesse @JesseA721736 !!!

Luv,

Nicole  🤗🤗🤗 (Grief Forum)

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@CBtoo wrote:

Doing that is such a grief trigger (my mom died in May). What we finally did was temporarily rent a storage unit and we are going through things slowly. We did the furniture first as then we'd need a smaller storage unit. The other problem is people from out of town coming to get things. We took photos and loaded them to google photos for people to pick what they wanted (and worked out compromises  when more htan one person wanted something). Take care and good luck dealing with this. It's hard. 

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[Winter2025VA]

Dear Jesse @JesseA721736 , I am so sorry for your loss!!!

Some of us found a Grief Support Group helps or Individual Counseling.

Maybe Goodwill or Habitat for Humanity would pick up the items.

I am ALWAYS here for you dear friend.

Luv,

Nicole  🤗🤗🤗  [Grief Forum]

➡️[*** JESSE 

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@JesseA721736 wrote:

How do you deal with the grief and the process of disposing of my parent's furniture and other possessions from their apartment?

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[JesseA721736]

I've been working with https://childbereavement.org/ They have grief support groups for adults and children.

[SereneSeagull]

That’s good to hear. 👍🙂

[Winter2025VA]

Dear Jesse @JesseA721736 , I did Individual Counseling July 2025 to October 2025. She "helped" me to find BALANCE. I will ALWAYS grieve, but NOW able to smile again.

SO GLAD you stopped by to see us!!!

Luv,

Nicole  🤗🤗🤗  (Grief Forum)

➡️[*** JESSE 

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@JesseA721736 wrote:

I've been working with https://childbereavement.org/ They have grief support groups for adults and children.

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