A closet full of his clothes...
But he died a year ago.A few times a month I go to a sales lead where the widow wants to make changes they couldn't do when their sick husband was alive.
New flooring. Renovate the bathrooms. New kitchen.
Sad, but it's a step in their recovery of their lives.
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Sorry that I didn't originally state that.
One guy wanted a new kitchen for his wife, but it had to be done in a really short time-frame. A week or less. Not possible. He had mobility problems and often stayed/slept in a recliner chair setup in the family room next to the kitchen. Tearing out the old kitchen and new construction was more than he wanted to endure. I had to pass on that project.
It took me a long time to adjust to me. I went to town, bought a candy bar and was ready to save half for him like always. Had to convince myself I could eat the whole thing myself now. Little things that one does as habit. Think of another and not self.
His clothes were divided between our tenant, the aide and her husband, and myself. Took time to use the whole queen size bed and not just half.
We become programmed. Slowly furniture got rearranged. Life became self centered. Dont have to rush home from store and shop ninety miles a minute...OUT OF MY WAY PEOPLE! Don't have to go for a walk and worry if he is OK.
Some of change is hoping to remake our life. Some is that we can go it our way finally without thinking of another. Life goes on. And we recreate ourselves as a one.
The thought that his spirit is still in the house will be a comfort to me.