What Really Matters

[furzicle]

It was Elizabeth who arranged the gallery because everybody was there. Cheerful pink and popping orange, thoughtful blues and soothing green canvases winked all around my parents’ verdant, shaded yard. It was a rodeo arena of art. And we were there to choose what to take home with us

Comments

[adoptedwriter]

Hugs. I’m so sorry.
My mom has been steadily downsizing the past ten years. There’s no family home anymore but I know she has “secret treasures”. It’s going to be weird.

[mollywheezy]

This is beautiful! It's very difficult to sort through a loved ones' things. I've been there. What a wonderful tribute to your parents.

[alycewilson]

I've been there, and it's so difficult. Glad you and your siblings couls get along well enough to get through the process peacefully.

[engarian]

I've done this twice - my parents and then my in-laws. I'm only happy I won't be around when my own items are distributed. We have a TON of stuff, and our executors will probably hate us.

- Erulisse (one L)

[estelle]

Thank you for sharing. I dread this.
Did you mean for a picture to appear in the post?