\u201cClear your stuff off MY lawn, before I call the cops!\u201d My DIL claimed to have inherited the house after my father passed away and threw all of my family\u2019s possessions out onto the lawn! Soon after, my son arrived, and she was severely struck by karma.<\/p>\n
I had been rummaging through decades\u2019 worth of memories in moving boxes when Dad\u2019s lawyer called regarding the reading of the will. I called my son Matt and asked him to come instead of me because I couldn\u2019t bear to go to the lawyer\u2019s office.\u201cYes, Mom,\u201d he answered. \u201cAre you sure you don\u2019t need help to sort through Grandad\u2019s things?\u201d<\/p>\n
I said, \u201cThanks, but I\u2019m getting by.\u201d Later today, I\u2019m going to pick up his stuff from the assisted living facility. Would you please come over this afternoon and let me know if you have any special memories of him? I was so sure the will reading would be a simple, unsurprising event. How mistaken I was.<\/p>\n
The smell of the nursing home was a combination of wilted flowers and antiseptic that made my throat tighten. A young nurse handed me Dad\u2019s things, all neatly packed in an old, plain cardboard box, and I took a reassuring breath.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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