Mum had been living on her own since dad died when I was about 25.
Every one of us had all left lake home and though they were now just the more than one of them, they appreciated their time together. When dad passed away, she had a taxing time coming to terms with her loss and the loneliness that came after. It took some time for her to become accustomed to the loneliness. Whenever she needed help with anything in the home including the electric oil furnace, she would call us, well, me. I am an Heating and Air Conditioning tech with a successful heating dealership in town. My day is usually full of furnace service or oil furnace/heater upgrades. Mum had called me some time ago complaining that her wireless temperature control was confusing her because the studying it showed did not match the indoor comfort. The furnace was also starting to underperform though we had changed the oil furnace filter during the last heating repair. I traveled to mum’s home to try and service the boiler. Every one of us took this time to catch up with mum. It was a sunny freezing Wintertide day and we had some tea in the garden. After increasing some of the heat and AC products that were worn out, we were done with the servicing, then recently the heating industry has passed a law that requires companies to give an Heating and Air Conditioning service system to all buyers separate from it. Within a few hours, I had managed to service the oil furnace and we were seated in the study room doing crafts and having cake. In the evening, I kneel on the heated floor in mum’s kitchen while I continued studying the book of the week.