‘Most of this has been left to me, but I want to share it with the
rest of the family.’
‘Okay, why don’t we first separate out what you want to keep?’
That was actually a fairly quick pass. The next question was which things to go to
who.
‘This requires the wisdom of Solomon. People are going to compare what they
received and I need to make an even division’
The situation is made more difficult because some of the family live
abroad. Stella had already contacted the
shipping company and had instructions from them about what information they
needed to set the prices. We organised
the different lots into piles which we would measure and photograph for the
shipping company. All the aunt’s things
were in the dining room spread out on the table and the floor.
‘Let’s put the sorted piles in the sitting room so we can see what
we are doing’
The sitting room had been clear for a while. It was great to have a place where we could
work. We started each pile on a large piece of packing paper with the recipient’s
name on it. Some sensitive papers turned up which Stella needed to think about
so we stopped for the day, returning the individual piles to the dining room
with the labelled packing papers ready for the next session.
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