"When she finished wrapping the dasher the handle stuck out. I took it for a moment in my hands. You didn't even have to look close to see where hands pushing the dasher up and down to make butter had left a kind of sink in the wood."
Up until Dee (Wangero) decided to take her mothers things, I could tolerate her. But when she started walking around the house claiming things, I could no longer like her. Her photographing had been understandable as she was returning home because it could be dismissed as nostalgia for her old life. She wanted to preserve memories now that she had a camera, but claiming the butter churn for decorating purposes was just ridiculous especially since Mama still used it. Not only was that intolerable, but it reminded me of going through someone's belongings and claiming them for oneself after a loved one has passed away. To Dee, Mama and Maggie were practically dead because her life was so different than the life her sister and mother led. This whole story is representative of a last visit to her old life before she leaves it behind for good and never returns.
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