Quote Originally Posted by Witzend View Post
Same here - horrible having to clear out and get rid of so much stuff, as if she were dead. Somehow even worse than when someone actually has died, IMO - I've done both.

This will sound really daft, but something that almost upset me most was weeks after fil died - we'd mostly cleared out his house but OH brought a few things back, including a seriously manky pair of fil's old tennis shoes.

Well, our dog went absolutely mad with excitement at those shoes - the smell of Grandpa! She started looking for him, where was he?
They'd always got on so well - he'd be sitting on the sofa with a whisky and a bowl of nuts, dog curled up at his feet.

Don't mind admitting that years later we've still got fil's ashes and the dog's ashes beside each other on a shelf in the dining room. Often think we should do something about them but OH says leave them, they're happy where they are.
makes me cry every time I read this..v moving and wonderful x