Yes Jane, me too. It's just too funny that after years of bewildered frustration tolerating Mom's penchant for collecting these knick-knacks (mostly from the charity second-hand store that she worked in) and displaying them on dusty shelves, never to be picked up or used again - that he too should end up on one of those same dusty shelves.

My brother's cabinet isn't QUITE as dusty, since it's all closed in with glass doors - and it IS a lovely collection of cherished possessions - but I can imagine Dad heaving a huge sigh of resignation... but we don't intend to leave him there forever - one of these years we'll get ourselves together and build that cairn overlooking the ocean.
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When you don't like a thing, change it.
If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

(Maya Angelou)