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Re: Left behind
No, it is not respectful to display to all and sundry items that were most probably treasured by the person who has passed away. There is definitely a much more thoughtful and dignified way of doing this, but of course it depends on whether or not the family are a thoughtful and dignified lot.
When a close neighbour of mine passed away his daughter put items of furniture on his front lawn and offered them free to anyone who would be able to make use of them. I think Harold would have given this the thumbs up. He was a kind man.
I didn’t want anything but his daughter showed me a garden seat that was in disrepair. In the state it was in it wasn’t worth much but she thought that it might be a project for my husband to work on. We took it home and he did work on it, spent a fair amount of time in fixing it up. It is now in my garden when otherwise it would possibly have been thrown in the dump. I think of old Harold when I sit on it. I had known him a long time.
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