TheDoor Closes for the Last Time

We finished! We're Done! It only took us 6 1/2 months, but last night we finished cleaning my Mom and Dad's condo. It was a hard, long, drawn out process, but it is done. It was hard driving away last night knowing it was the last time I would be in there condo. I told my husband as we drove away I wished we could have kept the condo just to have a place to meet with my siblings and reminise together. We did have a good time going through my parents things, hoping we weren't throwing anything away that really meant something to them. Some things we just couldn't throw away, knowing we would never use them, but sentimental value won out. Sharon took home my mother's wedding dress and veil, Janice couldn't bear to throw out my Grandma Astle's worn out throw rug, so she took it home. I don't use my own china, but I took home my mother's china to gather dust at my house. At the present Dave and Nita have 2 huge punch bowls that they will share with anyone who needs it. One is a crystal one that was my Great Grandma George's and the other is the silver one that my parents bought while Dave was on his mission in Canada. We all have boxes and boxes and boxes of their things. Thank goodness some of my children have seen some of the things I got and have taken them to their homes, but there is still a lot left. Who would have thought they could have so much stuff in one small place. Now that that part is done, it is sad to know the door is finally closed on that part of my life!