{"id":3162,"date":"2019-03-12T02:48:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T02:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:59:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:59:41","slug":"estate-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/estate-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Estate Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>The house where my wife grew up is empty now. The family has been dealing with what my father-in-law left behind when he died.<\/p>\n

My wife’s been contacting folks who had clocks and watches waiting to be repaired.<\/p>\n

That, and passing along household items, has been keeping the extended family occupied for the last several months.<\/p>\n

Not fully occupied, of course. Like anyone else, our lives aren’t quite that simple.<\/p>\n

My father made clocks and watches, as well as repairing them.<\/p>\n

Some of those, and other items, will be sold at an estate sale next month. (April 6 and 7; and 12, 13 and 14, 2019) More about that at kaasclocks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a>The 500 block of Main Street is going to seem empty to me, now. I don’t know what’s happening to the house.<\/p>\n

My family is in no position to maintain two houses, and we’re thoroughly settled into the one we’re in.<\/p>\n

My guess is that the local Knights of Columbus will be looking for another place to put their Christmas creche next year.<\/p>\n

There’s more to say about death, family, legacies and life. But not today.<\/p>\n

Instead, I’ll quote bits from Sirach and 1 Corinthians.<\/p>\n

“The number of their days seems great
\nif it reaches a hundred years.
\n“Like a drop of water from the sea and a grain of sand,
\nso are these few years among the days of eternity.
\n“That is why the Lord is patient with them
\nand pours out his mercy on them.”
\n(Sirach 18:9<\/a>–11<\/a>)<\/p>\n

“But as it is written:
\n‘What eye has not seen, and ear has not heard,
\nand what has not entered the human heart,
\nwhat God has prepared for those who love him,'”
\n(1 Corinthians 2:9<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More, mostly life, death and the big picture:<\/p>\n