Sunday, July 14, 2013

July 2

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On the 2nd, my better half and I went to take one last walk through his dad's house.  Its sale will close on the 16th.  The house is pretty empty now.  Everything any family member wants has been taken.  Old desk drawers contain the unwanted remainder of life's miscellany........

Impossible not to think of other houses that have been cleared out, and that will be cleared out in the future.  Kinda creepy, kinda sad.

Granddad has owned that house for 35 years, 33 of them with his wife of more than 60 years.  It's not easy to walk away.  He told me it will be a relief when it's over.  I'm sure that's true, but it's not easy.

We are very glad that he moved into a retirement community.  The "push a button, get help" system works very well, which is more peace of mind for all of us.  He eats most of his meals in the dining room, and knows many people to talk to and eat with.  He is a friendly, gregarious guy.  We are glad he is no longer alone in a house.

We took him out to dinner, sat with him in his new place for a bit, and then we came home (to our own house of not that much less than 35 years, which is WAY too full of ... stuff).



The sky was cool......




When we got home, we walked my usual mile loop. 

Orange lily in someone else's yard.



Ob la di, ob la da..........

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2 comments:

Jeanie said...

It was very hard for me to wrap my dad's house when he went into assisted living. It all was fine and necessary -- and really, the estate people did most of the work emptying things -- but so hard. And I'm still wishing I'd taken things I didn't!

I need orange said...

This was the same thing -- the estate-sale people did most of the work that was left to do, but still......

It's hard to know what to do. Take things, and make your own house even fuller of stuff, or leave them and wish you hadn't.....

I'd think I'd know myself well enough, after 60 years, to know what I want, but I don't, always. I wish I bought another pair of socks in Italy...... :-)