I am back for a bit

I am back for a bit.  My Mom's memorial is at the end of the month but it was good to be with my Dad for the week after her death.  I, the Tall Short Person, Koda Bear, and Blue were also there for my Dad's birthday which I think was a good thing.  Not that we did anything very special.

My siblings and I did an interesting style of overlap.  My sister and her family left the night I got in after she was there for my Mom's death and the days after.  My brother got in on the day after Christmas with his family so he could start helping with the arrangements.  Weather got in the way for him being there on Christmas.  I got there Saturday after and stayed until January 2.  I cleaned out things.

My Dad was ready for the house to feel more normal.  My Mom had not been sick long but there was medical gear and people since November in the house.  Hospice took the big stuff back and we found someone one who could use the unopened medical supplies.

It may seem fast for some people, but he did not wish to do her clothes.  He would have but becasue I was there I cleaned out two closets and two dressers full of clothes and shoes.  There were also two coat closets.  He asked me to basically go through every guest room drawer and shelf in the house.  Other family members had problems with the wrapping closet (also known as the Christmas closet) so I did not touch that.  They can.  My Mom had a whole walk in closet for wrapping presents.  It is where the Christmas tree is, broken down but not boxed.  The day I was getting ready to leave, he was pulling things he would never eat out of the kitchen cupboards so I helped there.  

I did go through every picture I could find in the house.  There is a want for a picture display/presentation at Mom's memorial.  My baby book got eaten by termites or destroyed in a hurricane.  Or both.  It was nice to see some of my baby pictures.  I was a very serious thing even when I was small.

If anyone asks me how I am, I am okay but I have also not had a chance to stop.  I am used to being in my parents house without my Mom around so it was almost like she was on a trip.  Or in their bedroom reading.  Or in her office working.  There is a lot of quiet in my parents house unless grandchildren and great grandchildren are around.  After driving back, there is just life to take care of here.

I am needing quiet.  But that is not my life currently.  I am considering doing more short camping trips.  Just because I can.  And I want to go to Santa Fe to see the Georgia O'Keefe museum.  I am to try to do that this spring but it will depend on how the sharpening business goes and how flexible it is.  There will be more traveling to see my Dad.  More phone calls.  There will be changes just because.