The traces of life left behind, for those whom we love to discover, unexpected in the day-to-day life after we're, gone…translated…
We're about to, place my husband's ashes in the tower soon, based off of traditions, we're, going to, burn up some offerings of money for the deceased, clothes, shoes, hats too, to ensure that he will have enough of what he needed in the, next, world.
As I'd, opened up his shoe rack, I'd found, the boxes with his shoes in them, orderly, without a single speck of dust on top, like they were, just bought back from the, shops. Opening them, the shoes were, brand, new, with the price tags still, attached to every pair, and every pair was name brand, with the styles, the colors, new too: the completely white dress shoes, the brown dress shoes, and the colorful shoes he would wear on a day-to-day basis………
the message of appreciation of her husband's, found inside this...an old pair of dress shoes that their son bought for him, that he'd appreciated a whole lot...photo from online
I'd, pulled on the laces of a pair, then, out came, a stack of folded notes from inside, with the words, "it's the weekend right now, my son told me he was taking me shopping at the mall after lunch, to buy things I liked, and we'll be, eating supper out. There's a huge crowd in the malls on every floor, I'd started looking at the shoes at the shoe section, and he'd told me to select the ones I'd liked, said he would, purchase them for me."
"Because I'd worn the shoes with the ancient styles, so when I'd, picked up the delicately designed shoes, it'd, pleased me so, but as I saw that every pair costs five-digits to start, I'd, placed them back one by one, they were, way too, expensive for my taste."
"My son was close by, and saw, took the shoes back, and squatted to the floor, told me to try them on, walk a few steps, and told me, that these shoes will make me feel that I can walk with ease, that they're light to walk around in, that they help better my posture and my overall health."
"This sounded reasonable enough, and I'd, followed his words. He's generous, and kind toward me, he'd bought so many pairs that time for me, the shoes I walk to the park with, the more formal dress shoes for the special occasions, he'd made me so happy, I feel, very, moved……….."
Looking at those words of my husband's handwriting, my sight became, blurred. In the past I'd only known that he'd told, that the most precious assets he acquired in this life were three wonderful children, but, I'd never imagined he, who's lazy in writing his feelings down, would use this means, to record down what he'd, felt.
So, this is the memories your husband had left behind for you to discover, in his, shoes, and, this showed how the shoes your son bought for him was very meaningful, and the shoes will now be kept by you, as a, mementos.
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