Ode to a Vacuum Cleaner

We bought our vacuum cleaner in 1988 or maybe 1989. It's a Sears Kenmore with a HEPA filter. It still works great.

We bought it from the giant Sears Roebuck store that was on Lake Street in South Minneapolis. The building's tower is now condos, and the first floor is partly AllinaHealth and partly the Midtown Global Market.

I wonder if any consumer-priced vacuum cleaner you could buy today would still be in good shape after 36 or 37 years of use.

I love you, vacuum cleaner, even though I have an inherent dread of using you. That's not your fault. You do your job.

Please don't quit us.