Since we’ve moved into the rent house in December I’ve had the stacks of Kaleb’s boxes in the garage, To begin the sorting process. 2 months later I’m ready to begin. I knew if we left them in storage I’d never do it so we brought them to the house so I would go through them. When we packed the boxes it was probably a week or week and a half after Kaleb’s death. I didn’t go through things. Everything was just put into boxes. Dirty clothes, trash, junk. If it was in his room it went into a box. We tried to label them somewhat with what was in them but Kaleb was a collector so somethings just say Kaleb personal, Kaleb junk. My goal is to do one box a day. I go home everyday at lunch while Nash is small to let the puppies out. This gives me 45 minutes a day to sort. I started it today. I went to the garage and grabbed the first box I came to that I could reach. I might need to have Jimmie move the top boxes down to where I can actually reach them.
It was labeled, Kaleb room storage. I could tell when I picked it up it was some of his coke tins. He collected all things Coke. He had tins of stuff. did I mention he was a collector. In the tins I found little plastic army men ( I have no clue where they came from). I found money. He loved to find old coins, I picked out all his “funny money” to save and go through later. I took out $9 in quarters that was also in the funny money tin. His lava lamp was in that box. I kept it and put it in the spare bedroom. It still has his bracelet around it. I only kept one of the tins. It was one he’d engraved his name and initials into the top of it. It was a small box, but it’s empty. I have a few things to give away or send to the auction or a garage sale. I threw away some of the trash. But in the end, the box was empty and I’m one box closer to sorting through Kaleb’s entire life.
I was worried about starting this on a Tuesday. 21 weeks out from the day he died. Opening the box and seeing his stuff actually made me feel closer to him. These were things he touched, that he cared about. We are going to keep some of his clothes and jeans and stuff and have a blanket made out of them. It will be something we can always have. I’ve got some of the other boys jerseys and sports shirts that I might see about having the same thing done with them. I think the boxes and getting the old house sold are about the only 2 things still looming over us to complete. The house we can’t do much about it’s in the hands of others but the boxes I can complete.
One box at a time, one memory at a time, I’ll walk through what was Kaleb’s bedroom. Everything he owned. We will keep a few treasures/memories but I’m sure we will have a lot to rehome. I’ll save some Of his favorite things to give to his nephews should we ever have any grandchildren. But for now I’ll continue emptying each box and feeling surrounded by Kaleb.
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