Durable Power
I found the form giving me durable power of attorney for my father’s health care. He died eleven and a half years ago. I should throw the form out, or, in keeping with my husband’s data-theft paranoia, shred it, burn it, and place the sodden ashes in trash receptacles at least a hundred feet apart from each other. Instead, I put it back in the filing cabinet, where I put everything I don’t want to deal with, even when dealing is no longer necessary.
Besides, one day I might use my power to bring my father back from the dead.
Photo Credit: Isaac Bowen
Poignant. I relate to your piece, with files of documents, no longer needed, but hard to let go…
Vivid with humor and a sense of loss, tied together by the last line!
Brava!
Very powerful. I love this.
You are a powerful woman. Great story,
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