Wall of memories

WE SAT AT HER KITCHEN TABLE WHICH SEEMED TO DOUBLE AS HER STORAGE FACILITY.SHE WAS A KEEPER OF “STUFF” MOSTLY UN NEEDED LIKE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS AND FLYERS. SHE HAD HER OWN SYSTEM SHE WOULD SAY SO THINGS DON’T GET LOST. SHE ALSO HAD THE CLEANEST GARBAGE CAN I EVER SAW. AS WE SAT AND TALKED ABOUT THINGS SHE WOULD BE FIDGITING ABOUT WITH THE STUFF REARRANGING IT TO SUIT HER AND THEN DOING IT AGAIN, AND AGAIN. SHE WAS A MOST INTERESTING WOMAN WHO DECADES AGO TAUGHT SCHOOL IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.  SHE HAD SO MANY SOUVENIRS OF THAT PERIOD IN HER LIFE ADORNING THE WALLS OF HER HOUSE. SO MUCH SO THERE WASN’T AN INCH OF WALL LEFT JUST HER MEMORIES. I ENJOYED OUR TIMES TOGETHER AS SHE WAS A BRILLIANT LADY WHO COULD RECALL EVEN THE MOST MINUTE MOMENTS IN TIME DESCRIBING IN FINE DETAIL SO I FELT I WAS RIGHT THERE WITH HER AT A BULLFIGHT IN SPAIN OR A FIESTA IN MEXICO. SHE WOULD BE MY GUIDE TELLING ME ADVENTURE AFTER ADVENTURE AND I NEVER TIRED OF LISTENING. SHE HAD GROWN SONS WHO LIVED THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM HER SO VISITS WERE RARE AND FAR BETWEEN. I BELIEVE SHE WAS LONELY FOR HER FAMILY EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD QUITE A FEW GOOD FRIENDS WHO WOULD LOOK IN ON HER FROM TIME TO TIME. I WAS ONE SUCH FRIEND. BUT IN MY HEART, I BELIEVE SHE SOMEHOW SAW IN ME THAT “OTHER” SON WHO DID THINGS FOR HER WITHOUT PAYMENT BUT RATHER OUT OF LOVE. I WILL MISS HER GREATLY BUT SHE WAS GIVEN OVER NINETY YEARS OF LIFE ON EARTH AND EACH HAD A WONDERFUL STORY TO GO WITH THE YEARS. I SMILE WHEN I THINK NOW SHE WALKS AMONG THE ANGELS TELLING THEM HER STORIES AND SHOWING THEM HER MEMORIES……….
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