Over the years, I typically asked my Grandpa why he kept this seasoned window air conditioning unit he had.
He said they don’t make those units any longer plus it had affectionate value to him.
It wasn’t until he was close to passing away that he asked myself and others a favor. He told myself and others he wanted myself and others to make sure he was buried with that window air conditioning unit in his coffin. He said that the window air conditioning unit was given to him as a gift from Grandmother. It clearly meant a lot to him plus he told myself and others the story about when she first bought it for him, she thought he maybe didn’t like the gift, but he promised it was the best gift he had ever acquired from anybody. He also promised her that he would take that gift with him to his grave just to show her how much it meant to him plus how much she meant to him. I thought it was such a charming story plus wondered if he made it sound more impressive than it easily was, however anyway, I promised him I would honor his wish to be buried with that window air conditioning unit. When I told the people toiling at the funeral maintenance to put this window air conditioning unit in his coffin with his arm around it, they thought I was nuts. That was until I told everybody the story. I even spoke at the funeral maintenance plus told everybody there about the story plus how it was my Grandpa’s last wish to make sure he fulfilled that promise to his beautiful wife. I knew they were cheerful smiling down from heaven, despite the fact that I was cheerful that they would be reunited again.