The things they start giving away
At some point an elder begins handing things over. A watch, pressed into your palm on an ordinary afternoon. A set of bangles. A box of papers, with a line about where everything is kept.
It is never announced, and never named for what it is.
Most of us take it lightly, or awkwardly, and change the subject. Only later does it become clear that something careful was happening — a person putting their house in order while they still could, deciding by themselves who should have what, and doing it quietly enough that nobody had to discuss it.
It is one of the last decisions a person gets to make entirely on their own.
Has someone in your family started handing things over — and what did they give you?
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