Sunday, November 27, 2005
So upset
Tony, Terrell and I went to breakfast this morning. We had a good time and were all in a great mood. Well that mood was shattered when we got home and went to get the Christmas decorations out of the basement. At some point most likely last month when we had all that rain the basement flooded for the first time since we have lived here. We live in an apartment building and our landlord lets us store stuff in the basement. Most of my Christmas stuff seems ok. It is all of Terrell's baby clothes, ruined covered in mold. I am so upset and can't stop crying. I know they are only things but they were precious to me. His coming home from the hospital outfit ruined. Thank god his christening outfit is in his dresser still even 2 years later. At least I have something to hand down to him. So much is ruined I can't bring myself to try and clean it so I told Tony to get rid of it all. It hurts to much to look at it. One small plastic box of stuff was spared so I have a few things anyway. Ugh why that stuff, why not the crap we have stored?
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Oh no! That's terrible about the baby clothes. I'm so sorry!
And Michele sent me.
Oh Valarie, I am so sorry. Of course it is easy to say that it is only stuff, yet, I do understand that it is more that stuff - it represents a memory.
Are you certain you do not wish to try and wash some of it? Of course, I do not think I would want to wash it eiter - but I might ask a friend to. Have you considered that?
Of course you already know that you will always have the memory, no rain or flooding can ever take that from you.
Sending a virtual hug.
Oh, how truly awful!! Sometimes the elements really get us!!! How very sad to have carefully saved these precious things and then have a flood, ruin them....I'
m sooo very sorry Valerie...Thankd God some things were spared....'I'm here from Michele this morning...what a sad discovery!
Sorry to hear about your mementos, but perhaps you can take the really important things to a dry cleaner for recovery?
This makes me think of the people in New Orleans. I can't imagine how they're feeling....
Michele sent me...
Karen I thought the same thing. I lost some things many people lost much more. Thinking like that is helping me put this loss into perspective. As for taking things to the dry cleaner, I decided it would be harder on me to see the things we couldn't save then would be worth it. I really don't think I could handle it emotionally. The trash man comes in the morning and it is all out in the dumpster.
Hi Valerie...
I am here via Michele today...
So sorry to read that some of your precious items are ruined. Maybe take them to the dry cleaners as Karen has suggested above me. In the end it is only things and you still have each other, right?
I'm so sorry to hear about this. I know how important such touchstones were for us with our own kids.
I wish I had words to make you feel better.
Sis, you know how sorry I am. I still have a few things of his that you sent me so all is not lost.
Hello, Michele sent me! I am so sorry to hear about the damage. I hope you manage to salvage a few items.
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