pattd:
Make a cup of coffee or tea and take a chair near a window. Relax, take a breath and remember why you found it difficult to go through the guns.
I am thinking it was from wonderful memories of your father. These will not ever leave your heart, even if time does move further away from his living years.
These old guns may not be valuable in monetary terms, but they are solid testaments to something that he loved. They do not need restoration. They need cleaning, by a competent gunsmith, and a little exercise once in a while.
Here's hoping that you and your husband take them out and fire off a few shells in honor of a man that loved to hunt and lived his life to completeness. To hold one to your shoulder and pull the trigger is near to feeling his arms around you in a fatherly hug of great and abiding love.
Best regards,
John
