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Why do you have a house in Ohio? Why are you selling it? What's irritating about it?

My Aunt died and her son and husband pre-deceased her. I’m the trustee/executor of her estate (even though we weren’t very close although I visited her a few days before she passed).

Anyway, with no family left, it was pretty awful going through her stuff when there was really no one to pass it down to. Beyond that it’s just logistically difficult prepping, selling and closing on a house on the other side of the country. 

We’re inheriting a part and the rest of the proceeds will go to her church and a few other charities. All fine with that (never really thought of inheriting from her anyway) but it’s a lot of work. Irritated by the work; sad situation that she didn’t have someone closer to her (physically and emotionally) or I’m sure she would have picked someone else.

It is a lot of work, that part I understand. That is so sad she sounded lonely and a little isolated in the end. Sometimes the physical limitations and deterioration mentally contributes to that.

I bet she had stuff and things that were important to her, much of it gets thrown out unfortunately. It's funny the junk we accumulate through life. Probably having to go through all that too is hard work.

Much of mums stuff I didn't throw out. I couldn't part with it. It's mums. I have it stored in blanket boxes.