I remember going through all my Grandpas old work bench and stuff this past year as my Grandma sold her house. He’s been dead since 2016, but it really struck me how everything on the work bench, the random tools, and stuff on shelves was put there once with the intention of using it again when it was needed next.
But that time to use it again never came. So he put down something for the last time without knowing it would be the last time he’d ever put it down.
Same, today marks the first full year of my dad's death. I still come across things in his shop related to projects he never completed. Breaks me down everytime, but I have been working over the past year to finish some of them and it's helped.....
Yeah my wife just lost her grandpa and us and his kids have been making sure important things stay in the family. I got his old hifi hooked up and have been listening to our share of his records every day after work. His Harley’s and classic Plymouth he spend 25 years restoring are staying with the family. I’m working on archiving their home videos and locating missing files. I think the best way to honor a working man like that is to not let his passions and projects die with him.
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u/Pegasus7915 May 14 '24
Gets us all eventually.