Toda...

Today my wife and I and my 13 yr old son spent most of the day cleaning out my deceased mother's house. We rented a 20 yard dumpster and threw into iteverythingfrom the house that no family members (my sisterand brother)wanted and that were thought not worth trying to sell.
She died in September and we have already gone through all the personal effects and taken those items that have a special meaning.
It was not as difficult now as it was a few months ago. Then, I would go to her house with the intention of cleaning up, find some item that triggered memories of some kind and end up spacing out for hours.I felt incapable of starting the clean-out because it felt like I was dismantling my whole life.