The pain of letting go of a loved one’s belongings | Letters

Readers respond to Polly Hudson’s article about disposing of her late mother’s possessions Reading Polly Hudson’s account of clearing her mother’s house ( My mum has died – and every decision I make about her belongings feels wrong, 20 September ) made me think about my experience of doing the same.

I sort of enjoyed the task, viewing it as the last thing that I could do for my mother, and seeing myself as a curator in reverse. I was determined to recycle as much as possible, feeding the good things through to charity shops and going back later to see what had and hadn’t sold. When…