I Paid My Father $250 in Rent Every Month for Five Years. After His Funeral, His Best Friend Gave Me a Key and a Box.
“That was for me.”
“Fair enough.”
I had digitized the video and stored copies safely, just as I’d done with Mom’s old photographs and the Northline tapes.
Someday I might share parts of it with a family member.
For now, I wanted to preserve his honesty without turning it into a public performance.
That evening, I drove past the grocery store and the lumber plant before returning home.