Joseph's shoes

Clearing out G's mum's flat, I found this case of cards and photos under her bed. Inside was a little purse, and in the purse were Joseph's shoes. Joseph, G's younger brother, died fifty years ago, when he was an hour old. G had never seen the shoes before.

This was the only moment of sadness in the whole dismantling process. I think, when G's mum eventually dies it would be good if we could put her ashes with Joseph's so that she can finally be with him.

G's mum, who has the early stages of dementia and has to be in a locked care home to stop her wandering, says that she is so happy living in a care home because, for the first time in her life she doesn't have to worry about anything. The care home staff describe her as happy and sociable. 

And, just to finish you off completely, the mouse in the thumbnail belonged to G's older brother A's first wife, who died when she was 21. A married her knowing she had only a short time to live.