Bless her heart. Try this, it's worked for me ... take a visual tour of everything in the house. Lot's of close-up photos. Tons of descriptions, basically a diary on VT, directly from her. Keep it live on VT with your acct & a URL for her to go to whenever. Download all the pics & VT on a CD/DVD for her in case she can't get high speed internet. Print out all the pics & descriptions & put them in a 3-ring binder for her. Then, she'll more easily be able to part with the "things" b/c the sentimental part has been recorded. It works for most people. They need to sell their lovely things b/c survival is paramount. But the memory is permanently recorded, which is emotionally paramount.