Michelle, it's hard enough to do all of that on your own - with a toddler along, you are pulled in many directions, but I bet there were times when just the two of you were together, maybe at bath-time or bedtime when he was your whole world, and I hope that helped.

Tinker, I was in a similar situation with my friend whose home was foreclosed. He moved to an apartment, but I worked with him so he didn't just pitch everything and regret some of that later. A lot he didn't want but it still had value and today I gave him an envelope of cash from the garage sale. I have other things stored (for him it's cooking stuff instead of garden stuff) that we were afraid might get buried in his storage locker, that he might need sooner than most of the rest of the items. Sometimes safekeeping is the best we can do to help people.

This evening I made a small batch of eggplant Parmesan. Mmmmm - it's so good! I fixed some with sauce and cheeses and froze in personal-sized pyrex dishes, and I froze a few of the plain breaded and fried slices. I'll cook some more tomorrow.

SRS