Dear Heloise: Eliza Jones from California said that her friend hired an estate sale company to deal with her “stuff.” The leftovers were donated to a local charity. She left out a very important element: her children and grandchildren.

I have many family treasures. My friends have mentioned that their children aren’t interested in their “stuff.” I took photos of all my treasures and put them in albums. These items had a brief description of the item in the photo album (i.e., Great grandma’s notebook, or Barbara’s bread plate that was always on the table at the farm).

Each of my children were given the album, and I told them to put their name by any item that they were interested in. After I received their choices, I determined who would get what; however, I haven’t told them yet. They’ll

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