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Oh my, it has been a while since I’ve posted a blog. No good excuses. Project Bea & Pearl was close to my heart and a joy to write about. I loved watching the interaction between those two, they were like “peas in a pod”. Sometimes it was sweet and sometimes… it wasn’t. I can tell you that Pearl misses Bea, they had been together for a long, long time.
I too miss Bea.
The project has now taken on a different direction. The process of what to do with her beloved possessions and breaking up her estate. People, PLEASE do your loved ones and family members a favor and purge your homes. Since August my sister Theresa, Pearl (my Mom) and I have spent our Saturdays putting her house in order so we can either sale it, or ready it for another family to move into. What a daunting job it has been. Bea saved everything! It didn’t matter if she bought it, received it as a gift or took home another family member’s item in the discard pile. We found it! All those items were (and is in some cases) still in the home. I found a trophy from my high school days! I threw it out many years ago, I didn’t know she had it…so I threw it out, again. Every item meant something to her. They were her treasures. She was very sentimental. It has made it difficult for those of us let behind. So PLEASE think of others, and PURGE.
Theresa, Pearl and I have treasured our Saturday’s together. It is tough at times as we go through her treasured items and they bring found memoirs back. Pearl prefers to be surrounded by her “girls” as she sorts, cleans and gifts Bea’s processions. I understand, I stood in her kitchen one evening by myself and felt the over whelming emptiness. That’s when it really hits home, Bea is gone.
And I miss her.