The father in law had a LOT of crap.
We held a "garage sale" yesterday. We laid out all his effects and invited the family over to take what they wanted. Mementos and what not. I got some blades, a rather nice oil-skin coat and a few other things. It was nice being around people who weren't greedy. Nobody was pushing or shoving or demanding anything, they were just trying to find something they could keep as a reminder of who he was.
Shit tons of military stuff.
Lots of canes. Power tools. With everything the inlaws wanted to give us, we should have driven the truck down instead of my little econobox. The dogs are gonna be cramped on the way home.
I'm currently outside enjoying a cigar while the fam is inside watching a movie. I needed a little space. No post tomorrow as we'll be on the road all day.
I'm impressed by the shadow box. The man had been places and achieved much over the decades.
ReplyDeleteAin't no lie. There's a few corrections that need to be made (multiple awards of the GCM for example) but this dude lived one hell of a life.
ReplyDeleteYou weren’t kidding. The man’s done some things and been a few places.
ReplyDeleteThere's a library of stories that burned when this one died.
ReplyDeleteRIP