Out with the old

Well everyone knows that
I am making changes.
I have been doing it for a year.
So with the new chairs in the kitchen,
the dining room was coming together.
Well when I hit tableclothes,
I hit a little bump in the road.
I dug into the cabinet and
found one that my Ex-wife had picked out.
It was just a little surprise.
Sitting there for a year at the bottom.
Right in the cupboard waiting for today.
Waiting for the day I would see it there.
Waiting for me to pull it out and see it.
Unfortunately it got its walking papers.
A ride to Linens and Things for me.
A quick ride to the trash can for it.
I came out of my ride just fine.
Heck, I even picked up chairpads for the kitchen chairs.
The tablecloth that was hiding did not survive.
When I first started all these changes it was hard.
Tossing out things that she had brought in hurt.
I mark this one in a picture because it is different.
I am not sure if it is because I have done so many.
Maybe it is just that I have come so far in this.
Maybe it is just that I know there are so few left.
Or maybe, just maybe it is because that is my past.
As I have left it behind and take my lessons ahead,
it is just another pebble in the road for me.
Some of them I embrace and some I toss.
I can hardly wait to see what happens next.