Sorting the Stuff

Thankfully for us, my mom moved several times in the last years of her life– leaving us with a lot less to sort through than if she had left a full house of stuff behind. But that doesn't mean it's been any less easy.

While I had started to sort and pack up some of mom's belongings, my sister Karen flew in this weekend to help finish it out and also to pack up what she wants to keep. 

Before we started on Sunday, we went to Mass and the communion song was "Be Not Afraid," a song played at my sister's funeral and at mom's as well. When I turned the car on to head home, "Hot Hot Hot" was just beginning. A definitely favorite of Mom's and one she always made clear she wanted played at her wake (which we did).