This one is for me, albeit the world is welcome here and in Ogden, Utah. Some may perchance see my blog without my usual prompt. I never know.
Time-off Tuesday, working at home alone (never really alone) is a weekly luxury I granted myself several months ago. It is a welcome gift for an older man who sometimes feels overwhelmed. I have several friends who don’t enjoy being alone — some “can’t stand it.” Puzzling and sad when I hear it.
This day is exceptionally fun and productive, as I scan family history treasures saved by my wife Kay since her childhood. She makes me smile — sometimes with tears of love. It’s a Tuesday with Kay.
My light box and iPhone work well together for digitizing all kinds of material to be shared and discarded after photos are backed up. All part of lightening my load before I pass — always on my mind, so the physical burden isn’t passed to our children. Digital hoarding, as Kay & I jokingly call it, is my proven means of letting go of stuff like what others may tend to keep for posterity to donate, dump, or pass on. (“Someday this will all be yours,” says the comic dad showing his packed storage unit to his sad son. Makes our sons and me laugh.)
What will I take with me when I move in a few months? What will I leave behind when I pass? I hope to make the move by myself and leave people with happy memories of one who serves and loves them unconditionally.
