Selling some things. Maybe.

"BIGBLOCK472 - wide and bizarre" (bigblock472)
11/04/2018 at 22:19 • Filed to: None

This 2008 Honda Rincon 680 was my mom’s pride and joy which she bought new and took great care of (but never hesitated use its potential). It’s fast and fun.

She’s been gone five years now and we barely use the Honda. Since I’d love to reclaim the garage space we’ve decided to sell it, along with our 2003 Honda Foreman Rubicon (three cheers for hydrostatic transmissions in ATVs!) and a 1991 Fisher Freedom 220 pontoon boat, neither of which live in the garage, btw. The Rubicon is in rough shape but would be a great project for someone. It’s a fucking tank and I always enjoyed watching my mom drive it. She lov ed it so! As for the boat? Fuck boats. The boat hates me and I kinda hate it too.

Even though we don’t use any of these much they remind me of my mom who lived life to the fullest. F or that reason I am hesitating to selling the ATVs and the boat. I know that k eeping them won’t bring her back and selling them won’t cause me to forget all the good times, but the closer I get to putting an ad up, I have anxiety. I hate this feeling.

Bonus pics of my mom driving a skid steer because she was a badass.

DISCUSSION (5)

Steve in Manhattan > BIGBLOCK472 - wide and bizarre
11/04/2018 at 23:12

Max mom points. Mine went on April 15th after assuring me and my sister that her taxes were, in fact, filed timely. Later, we found she had saved every piece of paper, including our birthday/anniversary/mother’s day cards to her, postcards from camp, and graduation programs.

  > BIGBLOCK472 - wide and bizarre
11/04/2018 at 23:17

There are few things I’d want more than a big property and a couple of ATVs to clown around in. It sounds like your mum was a wonderful fun loving woman . S orry for your loss, I hope it gets easier :(

DipodomysDeserti > BIGBLOCK472 - wide and bizarre
11/05/2018 at 00:03

Keep them. They won’t bring your mom back, but her memory and spirit lives on with them. That’s all any of us can hope for.

BIGBLOCK472 - wide and bizarre > Steve in Manhattan
11/05/2018 at 10:13

I’m sorry for your loss. Eventually it gets easier but it’s not a fast process. Those saved mementos are what got me through the hard times. After her passing. It was like looking through boxes seeing th e pieces of her heart and the things she loved the most.

Steve in Manhattan > BIGBLOCK472 - wide and bizarre
11/06/2018 at 01:38

This one was OK - she survived 3 years of dialysis after only being thought to go 18 months. She was 85, and she made her choice to stop it. It took 11 days, one more than the 10 predicted, but if you knew her, you’d understand why she wanted to defy authority.