Next Door Neighbors by Hoelsema Frances

Author:Hoelsema, Frances [Hoelsema, Frances]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-03-20T07:00:00+00:00

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“I think this is it,” Brian told his mom.

He had just emptied the last box he brought from her home unto her bed. It was the remaining pieces of clothing she had wanted to keep. Anything left over Brian was to bring to the nearest donation center.

Elena surveyed the items and directed Brian where she wanted them to go. She helped by refolding some of the pieces that had been undone from the shuffling around.

Brian had remained quiet with his mom. Not out of anger, but out of disbelief. He was struggling with the idea that his mom wanted to be put into a home, although he knew that what had been going on for the past year couldn’t continue.

But still, to be in a home? She was too young for that in Brian’s opinion.

“Do you think you could bring some of my books over soon?” Elena politely asked.

“Yeah.”

“If you want my help, I can come with you.”

“That’s not necessary, mom.”

Brian followed Elena out of the bedroom and over to the living room. It was a small square room, but good enough. He helped his mom down into the rocking chair that she insisted come with her. The rest of the furniture she allowed Brian to figure out if it should be moved or not, but the rocking chair was a must.

“I’ll be back some time tomorrow,” Brian said as he turned the TV on for his mom. “You’ll be okay until then?”

“Of course. Go enjoy yourself a little. You seem a little down.”

Elena gave a look of deep concern for her son, a look he just tried to ignore.

How does she not understand?

Grabbing his coat and putting on his boots, he headed out the door with a final good bye.

He was not looking forward to what had to be done yet at his mom’s house. There was a lot of stuff that his mom and dad had collected over the years that he had to sift through and figure out if it was worth keeping or not. There was furniture that had to be donated and rooms to be completely cleaned out.

And then there was the whole putting the house on the market ordeal. That meant he had to find a realtor, open the house for showings and actually sell the place. Sell his childhood home. Brian was having an extremely tough time with that concept.

Driving back to his mom’s house was intense. He had forgotten how bad the roads could get some days in Ashwin. It didn’t help either when out-of-staters decided that snow and ice on the roads didn’t mean a single thing.

While cautiously making his way home, he thought about how persistent his mom was on leaving her place. He saw firsthand how tough it was some days for her so a part of him understood. Another part of him felt like a failure for not being able to take care of her himself. He tried thinking about making that work, but his life wasn’t here anymore.

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