HOLDING ON and LETTING GO
We had a momentous occasion at our house this week. A car transport pulled up at 7:30 in the morning and took away a car that my husband had purchased almost 40 years ago. As I write it's on its way to Oceanside, CA...to its new owner. Many parts and pieces that never got attached went along with it, including a OEM bumper sitting in the passenger seat. It never occured to me that this day would come. I sometimes wondered if I'd find a note attached to his Last Will and Testament with instructions for him to be buried in that car! We are both at that place in life when we're wondering what to "hold on to" and what to "let go of." Many conversations have taken place leading up to this major letting go. As we face into retirement we've begun to plan on where we'll live and what we'll take with us. Over the almost 24 years of our marriage we've managed to collect a lot of stuff -- in addition to what we both brought into this union. Sa