Leftovers (Pt.2)
But this experience has got me thinking about a much larger problem. It got me thinking of what "leftovers" mean to a "family fridge". I'm sure that our parents didn't mean to leave us ill-equipped during their departure. They assumed that since we're older we can better handle ourselves: that we'd be knowledgeable to act if we ran out of food; that we'd be self sufficient enough to make our own meals out of what they left us; that we'd be mature enough to call them if we didn't have enough funds for groceries. If we were much younger they probably would've went to the store to restock our selves and empty out the fridge for our babysitter, whomever that may be. Its quite the assumption parents make don't you think. It kinda reminds me of what a family does when the parents are deceased. The leftovers are sort of the lessons, the beliefs, the integrity our parents instill in us; however the leftovers are also tangible things like our parent's property: their house their jewelry, their fishing poles, their furniture, and the family album. When our parents depart from this world all we have our their leftovers and we have to decide what to do with them. We gotta shift through the leftovers, deciding what leftovers to throw away and which to eat before they spoil. We have to be creative; we have to be responsible; we have to be self sufficient; we have to be knowledgeable. On the same token, our parents have to be smart about their assumptions; they have to be smart about what they're leaving as leftovers.










