I May Have Gone Too Far with My Grandchild's Toy Box

So I got this big idea that it was time to clean up my grandson's room. He just turned five, and I know he should learn responsibility, but he’s so full of energy and always forgets where his toys are. And you know how it is, sometimes the only way to get things done around here is if someone else takes charge. I started by moving all the toys from his floor into piles according to type: cars in one pile, blocks in another, coloring supplies in a third. I thought he’d be so proud when I showed him everything organized like this. But then it hit me, why not go even further? Why just organize and not sort out what he no longer needs? So that’s exactly what I did. Out came the toys from under his bed, the ones he hadn’t touched in ages. I started packing them away in boxes for donation, thinking about how happy other kids might be with these toys someday. Then I saw a few broken pieces here and there, little bits of plastic and metal that were once part of some toy or another. I put those aside too, figuring they would clutter up the next family’s home as much as they did mine. But I didn’t stop at just the toys. I looked through his books and saw so many he hadn’t opened since we read them together last Christmas. So off those went as well. I felt like I was doing something good, really helping him out by cleaning up after all these years of playtime detritus. But when my grandson walked in and saw everything gone, his toys, his books, the way things were set up, he just looked at me with this hurt look on his face. ‘Grandma,’ he said, almost whispering, 'I don’t like it here anymore.' And that’s when I realized maybe I had gone too far. Now, of course, I’ve tried to make amends, bringing back a few things and showing him how neat everything looks now. But deep down, I can’t help but feel bad about the way his face looked when he saw it all gone. And that’s what this confession is, me coming to terms with going too far in my attempt to do right by someone else's space.