The freezer, the attachments & the things we don’t want to face 😭.

Some hair attachments.

I thought the pepper was the emotional peak of decluttering — until the children went back into the freezer and resurfaced with green peppers older than some friendships. They were horrified. I was already planning what to cook. Case closed.

But the moment that stopped me wasn’t the peppers — it was when they moved past the freezer and found four bags of hair attachments. Apparently, I was running a home-based emergency braiding ministry without realising it.

They saw clutter. I saw history, beauty, identity, flexibility, and the thought: “You never know when someone might need just a little braiding hair.”

That’s when it hit me: decluttering is emotional because objects carry versions of ourselves. A style we used to wear. A dream we once held.

A season we haven’t fully closed. Letting go is not just tidying — it’s growing.

These days, I’m releasing gently — not because someone said I should, but because I’m learning to create space for who I’m becoming.

Reflection: What’s the one thing you keep “just in case”… even though part of you knows you’re ready for a new season?