Posted 3/10/2015 3:48 PM (GMT -5)
My sister died almost three years ago. Today I got a shipment of some of her bequests to me, and also things I packed after she died. There are still a few pieces of furniture to come east, but most of it is here now. There is a sealed box with my dad's papers, from 1993. There are books belonging to my namesake. There is my mother's hope chest, and other family pieces. Including a very old, very broken rocking chair that was my great-grandmother's, and likely dates from the 1870/80s.
It is sad, yes. The pieces make me very nostalgic. But, that is healthy. I brought her jewelry back in 2012, and try to wear a piece everyday. I have the family pictures, and organized them by year. All of these interactions with her memory is actually comforting, and while I am sad to see these books and art, I will think of her at the same time.
I just thought I would share, that loss and grief are wound into life.