Everyone has memories to good or bad events that happened in their life, such as winning at an event or maybe a party that went all wrong. Most of these are accompanied with pictures that we keep with us for the rest of our life and drag out when we’re feeling low or want to feel nostalgic about the past. Baby pictures, photos of long dead family members or places visited.
Others wrote down their thoughts in diaries or created special travel diaries including photos or other memorabilia. Or letter and postcards received from friends all over the world.
Then there are items that may not be worth much money, but have personal value, such as little figures, books with the authors signatures or maybe a CD that was hard to get by. Or a project done in primary school listing all the pupils and what their dreams are.
Or concert tickets to great events. Or items won in competitions.
Imagine all that being stored in a safe location. Imagine rainwater being able to get to that safe location and slowly poisoning and destroying what has taken a lifetime to see and is meant to be remembered.
All my stuff is gone. All reminders of the past have ceased to exist. Rainwater took that from me. I have nothing. I am no one..
Cat
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did your house get flooded? what happened? it sounds horrible, i’m so sorry to hear that… (is that why you’ve been away from your blog so long?) you still have memories of those good and bad times, at least you still have them close to your heart…
Woah! Things sound bad…was this a lock up? Bad thing to happen for sure…being positive is tough in these sort of moments but keep strong!
It was stuff stored somewhere else which was waterproof until something happened to the tarmac in front of the garage and with the bad weather it destroyed EVERYTHING.
This only happened last night and kind of left me really desperate and I had to blog to just get my thoughts together.
It’s just there’s so much that I don’t have any mroe, things like photos of my mum or just so many more things that I remembered today I’ll never have again..
Thanks for the support.
Yikes! I am so sorry to hear this. It must be very saddening.
I’m also sad to say I really can’t think of anything I can say that will help. At least you have the memories.
I’m so so sorry to hear this Cat! I know that you were quite stressed out. And now this! As it is relocation involves a lot of stress…I agree with BobbyG, at least you have the memory (even though that’s little compensation for all the pics n stuff..).
Thanks you two.
I know I have the memories, but I always wrote things down so I don’t have to remember them. And it’s just things I don’t really remember much. I guess I ought to start writing stuff I remember down to not loose things forever.
Oh no! This bad weather is a pain in the arse an for that to happen is awful! Like BobbyG said, you still have the memories and hopefully writing them down will help! Maybe people have copies of pictures of your mum that you can borrow and make your own copies?
No, sadly not. All of the photos were pretty mcuh unique or the last ones in existence.
Oh no sweetheart! I feel so bad that you lost all your precious pics :( I don’t think you’ve lost your life though, your mum will always live on in your heart. I remember my favourite pics in my mind, me and my brother in a big family hug with dad, me on the backseat on mum’s bike with my toy bunny, and so many more things that were never photographed like my dad and I in the forest and he told me it’s no good to eat mosquito repellent (I was a silly sausage…). It’s not the pics, it’s the moments and experiences you shared, they will never be erased. Maybe you could paint or draw some pictures to make up a little bit for your loss. Take care of yourself, you’re really special. Sanna XXX
Oh, that’s sad. I don’t really have more to say because anything I say won’t exactly change how you’re feeling right. I guess having more than one copy of the things you are having should be a logical thing to do now. Because you can never imagine what might happen right?
Thanks Sanna.
I know that my memories are still there, but there’s always that I can feel how my memory is less and less good.. I can barely remember some of the things. Thank you very much though, we need to catch up one of these days. :)
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Thanks, Ish. I am litereally kicking myself for not scanning all those in earlier. I’ve been meaning to do it for a year so I’d at least have them available online!
I’m awful sorry that happened, Cat.
Sorry to hear about what happened. I hope you’re feeling better, though.
I am so sorry to hear about this unfortunate incidence.
Even I have this phobia that I would loose all my photographs one day, so I usually scan them and make two-three copies and keep them in different places. But I guess there is no point giving this advice now.
Well, atleast you have the memories of the pics….if that is any consolation.
Take care.
I’m so sorry! I know how lost I felt when my hard drive crashed and I realized I had just lost most of my son’s baby pictures and the like. It traumatizes you.
I can only imagine, as it sounds like you had a lifetime of memories. I only lost the last 5 years of stuff…
Kirk, Juan, Amit, RC, thanks.
I’m slowly getting to terms with it, but it’s not all that simple. I know they’re just things, but it’s just not that simple.
Thanks though. :)
I wish there was something I could say to help you feel better, but there is not.
I am so sorry this happened.
Thank you very much. :)
I’m sorry for what happened. Take care. :)
Thanks, Ashish. You, too. :)
OMG, I just read this! Me so sorry :( Hugs!
Thanks. :)
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