My mom died a year ago. I have donated a great many things of hers in the year since, but thrown away very little. Every time I felt like doing it, I felt like I was throwing a piece of her away, which is hard. I am working beyond that now. Old worn out clothes are old worn out clothes. Printed sheets of medical treatments and drug subscriptions are not going to do her any good anymore. Hair conditioner that I am never going to use will be of no good to me. They say you should make no big decisions in the year following the death of a loved one. It has been a year. It is trash day and I am cleaning the house.