After all, what does it matter? Why shouldn't Vivian's attic be filled with things that are meaningful to her? The stark truth is that she will die sooner than later. And then professionals will descend on the house, neatly and efficiently separating the valuable from the sentimental, lingering only over items of indeterminate origin or worth. So yes--Molly has begun to view her work at Vivian's in a different light. Maybe it doesn't matter how much gets done. Maybe the value is in the process--in touching each item, in naming and identifying, in acknowledging the significance of a cardigan, a pair of children's boots."
(Christina Baker Kline, Orphan Train, P. 173)