Love It Or Lose It. Sometimes There's No Choice.
When I was little, if I grew out of my clothes, my mum gave them to charity. She'd take them in huge bags and put them in the charity bins so they could go to kids who needed them. However I became very attached to my clothes and refused to let go of them, even if they didn't fit me anymore. When my mum told me that we were going to get rid of some of my clothes, I screamed and kicked and refused. Until my mum told me it was a game. We made one pile called the "love it" pile. That was the pile of clothes that I loved so much and they still fit me or were just sentimental. We also had the "lose it" pile. That was where I put the clothes that didn't fit me and didn't mean much to me. At first I hated it but then we made it into a game. If only I had realised that my mum was tricking me!! So back then I had a choice of whether to keep it because I love it or not. I've realised that sometimes you don't have a choice. I've never been forced ou...