Mum had been living on her own since dad died when I was about 25. We had all left home and though they were now just the two of them, they enjoyed their time together. When dad passed away, she had a hard 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 house including the electric heating system, she would call us, well, me. I am an HVAC tech with a successful heating dealership in town. My day is usually full of heater maintenance or furnace/heater installations. Mum had called me some time ago complaining that her wireless thermostat was confusing her because the reading it showed did not match the indoor comfort. The heater was also starting to underperform though we had changed the furnace filter during the last heating repair. I traveled to mum’s house to try and fix the boiler. We took this time to catch up with mum. It was a sunny cold winter afternoon and we had some tea in the garden. After changing some of the heat and AC products that were worn out, we were done with the servicing. Recently the heating industry has passed a law that requires companies to give an HVAC service plan to all customers without it. Within a few hours, I had managed to fix the furnace and we were seated in the kitchen knitting and having cake. In the evening, I lay on the heated floor in mum’s bedroom while I continued reading the book of the month.
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