After 37 years in a home we loved, we pulled the cord. In August we gave our children and grandchildren and friends stickers with which to write their names on items in our home. “You can take it now or after we die. My husband took pictures. As items went out the door we felt surprisingly lighter, an unburdening presence was occurring. Art, desks, tables, chairs, even a hall tree, now are somewhere else. And the payoff for us is a cottage with just the right amount.
For me, this part of John's essay speaks volumes...
We are making a few improvements in the new place (as you do), but I am well aware of the temporal nature of these things, and I hold them loosely, and think more about the people and moments I get to savor in this new chapter. It isn’t about stuff. But we knew that.
John Coster, second verse.
After 37 years in a home we loved, we pulled the cord. In August we gave our children and grandchildren and friends stickers with which to write their names on items in our home. “You can take it now or after we die. My husband took pictures. As items went out the door we felt surprisingly lighter, an unburdening presence was occurring. Art, desks, tables, chairs, even a hall tree, now are somewhere else. And the payoff for us is a cottage with just the right amount.
John's first sentence says it all. Everything has come from the earth and ultimately will return there.
For me, this part of John's essay speaks volumes...
We are making a few improvements in the new place (as you do), but I am well aware of the temporal nature of these things, and I hold them loosely, and think more about the people and moments I get to savor in this new chapter. It isn’t about stuff. But we knew that.
Nice story
I to have expressed surprise at the number of things that years ago would have been reused that in current times you take it to a landfill.