We all have them, from kindergarten to first date to graduating from college to marriage, kids, divorce, etc.
I've been going through a huge one this year (since my mother died), and today was a real eye opener.
It was
surreal. After all these months, the estate sale agent we hired came to prepare my mother's house - the
only family home I've ever known (they lived there since 1960). My brother & I have argued a
LOT about this, but I just couldn't handle this emotionally, so it was an estate sale or nothing. NINE people appeared, and spread out like a jellyfish! One to each small room, two to the large rooms, and two men for the heavy stuff. I pointed out some of the things they had troubles with, then went to work (thank heavens for self employment).
I stopped back around lunchtime, and it was amazing! It was as if Santa's elves had fixed up the workshop! Tables everywhere, one room for antiques, another for bedroom things, another for my mother's sight aids, tables of jewelry (my mother
loved jewelry - I just took the good stuff), china/glassware/crystal set up in sets, Beatles records here, tools there - it was
awesome! We absolutely couldn't have done this in a year, let alone four hours! It was "This is your family's life!", readied for sale.
I took a few things I hadn't been able to find before (mostly stuff that no one else would've been interested in - like 4 reels of Whipple Dam over the years), and I'm going with my brother & sil tomorrow just to see what it looked like when it was finished, and probably take some more things. I admit it, they had found my brother's teddy bear, and he (the bear) is sitting on my brother's chair at work.
While I'm thrilled that this looks like it's going to be done right, and I pray that it
ALL sells well, it's such a major chapter of my life closing. Sure, the house isn't sold yet (although one of the workers is already interested), and that will be another shocker - as if having the telephone number shut off wasn't bad enough!
So, has something touched anyone else's life in such a deep way? I know that a marriage, a divorce, or that first child are all somewhat like this. Maybe somebody else has a story to tell...
PS: I'll take any & all prayers and/or good vibes for Saturday, that almost everything sells before noon! If you're in the Pittsburgh area (South Hills) and want the address, just PM me - I'm pushing this thing to the best of my ability! Or, ask me if there's something you're looking for. You might even find pictures of a very young honeychile!
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