Our host for this week, Ari_1965, suggested this new topic:
From the mundane to the emotional, from paneling the basement walls to patching it up with the brother in Virginia you haven't spoken to since you voted for Carter and he didn't, unfinished business is something left undone or incomplete. It even can haunt you. What's your unfinished business?
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My unfinished business confronts me each time I pull the car into the garage. The back wall still has boxes of books from my earlier years, from my late husband's collection, and from my parents' collections before they passed away. A few people know how many years ago that has been, and it haunts me that I still haven't finished that task.
The season when I most often go out to 'work on' the boxes of books is in the Spring, when it's warm enough to sit in the garage for extended periods of time. Then, shortly, it's too beastly hot to be sitting out there, and then, shortly, it's too cold again. I'm sure that part of my procrastination has to do with seeing those volumes again -- the art books from Daddy, the contemporary literature from Mama, and the books on English history and literature from my late husband. Strong emotions arise from just seeing the covers of these books, to say nothing of reading them.
I think you beat everyone on your post! I'll be doing mine this weekend.
ReplyDeleteConfronting memories can be sad unfinished business. YOu know.. if you can't manage the task yourself, perhaps you could get a friend to do it for you? Just tell him/her what you think you'd like to keep and ask them to take away what's left.
When my grandmother died, my mom took as much of her stuff as she could manage to her house. When my mom goes, I can't say that I'm looking forward to that task - but I'm better at weeding than my mother is!
You should make a short post at the top of your blog letting people know to scroll down for your entry!
ReplyDeleteSayre has good advice. I almost missed your post. Our garage has several boxes that we moved from our old home about a year ago. Luckily, most of the boxes are my husband's things so that is his unfinished business.
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