Sunday afternoon – cleanup day

Spent the morning with mom and my family saying good bye to 88 Prospect Street.. It’s been a really great place for my folks. THey moved up here in 2000 (i think).. t be closer to all of us. At the time, we were in Vermont, My brother was at Brighams and Women’s and lived in Chestnut Hill anbd my sister lived in the North end .. Soon after , billy moved back to Houston with his family, Mary married Bills work partner John and moved to Minneapolis.. and my folks were on their own again in Sherborn. It worked out well though. The house and town were very much like the house in Houston where we grew up.. open. airy and surrounded by woods. They quickly made friends and became part of Sherborn. My dad has a good 12 year there before his Alzheimers really kicked in. He had 3 year of softly fading away in that house where he stayed until 6 weeks before he passed in 2014. .. He loved the area and the neighborhood. I liked visiting there because of all the great running trails in the woods… My mom built a nice spot for Sam out there.. where there are lots of samstoens and heart shaped rocks. we visited in my last trip here a week ago.

Over the last couple of weeks its been really clear how much folks loved my mom and dad.. there ahve been lots of neighbors dropping by and even a party for my mom..

it felt good and a little weird walking through the house for the last time today.. It was completely empty

it was really nice having max and gabe here too !