Keeping them was different from treating them as a keepsake.

They were still instructions, and I intended to use them that way.

With the monitoring service, I reviewed the contact arrangements and saved the notification number.

Ruth agreed to remain a nearby contact.

I made sure emergency response did not depend on a personal call being answered.

The practical work was small and tiring: checking numbers, confirming names, asking someone to explain a setting a second time.

I did it slowly.