Sentimentality

For the past 9 months we have been "in-between" housing. All of our belongings have been in a storage shed for that time. During that time, Mother Nature conspired with the storage unit roof and a mini flood made its way through our belongings, leaving destruction in its wake.
Luckily, none of our furniture was ruined, our clothes were fine, dishes were safe, all of the random junk we don't care about was as good as new. The one group of boxes that took the brunt of the attack were the boxes containing our memories...

Of course

It was quite painful going trough the wet, moldy boxes trying to designate which precious items were salvageable and which had succumbed to the wrath of the water and mold. There was a lot of frustrated yelling and tears, but I eventually got through it. This is the damage:

a Book of Mormon with my testimony when I was 12

 Moldy.

A box full of old letters

Gone.

Three Scrapbooks, one made by my mom and two made by me

 Totally Destroyed.

More old letters, my Graduation Chords, Cap, all my HS dance pictures, and Seminary diploma 

 

                                                

There were a lot of other things that were sad to say good bye to, But a few good things survived too... like letters from Bradens ex she sent while he was on his mission... seriously, why could they not have been the things to perish. Haha
Anyway, I am grateful for what I still have, and lets just say I will be investing in digital memories from now on. :)