A Decision to Clean
The decision to start cleaning was a way for them to move forward in life and overcome the loss they had just experienced. Cleaning would force them to go through everything that Tom had owned and touched. Every item in the house brought back memories of the old man, but it was still fascinating to remember the story behind each object. The mother began with her father’s room.
She sorted through his clothes and found strange objects. She realized that the whole house was filled with bizarre things. What was curious was that these objects were closely connected to the stories the old man told. She had never noticed it before. Her father had the oddest things in his house…