Frumpy Middle-aged Mom: Motherhood is a losing proposition

There was a time when I was able to keep track of all my personal possessions, even the small and slippery ones. Then motherhood intervened and things started to go haywire.
Once you have children, you must simply develop a whole new attitude toward the things you own, meaning you have to stop caring about them.
My kids are young adults now, but I was recently reminded that I have boxes in my garage filled with fragile folk art I bought long ago in Mexico, that I put away for safekeeping so that