I think you are 100% right about this. I still get misty when I remember finding my grandfather's WWI journal in the 'throw out' pile that my siblings hastily accumulated when asked to help my folks move my grandmother to a rest home. If I hadn't insisted on going back through that box, pictures of the old homestead in Oklahoma and the only record of my grandfathers experiences in Europe would have been lost.

I don't blame folks who rush through these sorts of difficult and emotionally wearing chores, but I wonder how often they look back and wish they had thought about their choices a little bit more.