Very relaxing week-end I endured. As this week progresses I hope to as well. Made headway on inspecting the textiles that were returned from fire recovery. The metal racks on wheels have been a godsend. VERY HELPFUL.
Almost finished with the inspection of textiles returned to us. Today I have been washing items that I plan to keep that have that chemical smell to them. So my helpful utility appliances are working over time as I do laundry. I am so very thankful for working appliances. THANKFUL. THANKFUL. THANKFUL.
If I can muster up the courage to unbox my wedding dress, I will take the gown out to see if it shrunk from the chemicals that are used to clean clothing after a fire. I wish I had just taken my gown with me when I showed the people that were picking textiles up for fire recovery. I wish. It was returned to me in a beautiful wedding dress box. Very nice for a KEEPSAKE. Hope she is in good shape. If she has shrunk I will still have the garment. Will be saddened in a way, but thankful in another.
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| ~A BEAR NAMED GRACE~ |
Today I will continue to go through some of the boxes that were returned. There are a few plush toys that survived. I have them sitting on the table beside me giving them a glance from time to time. A bear named GRACE was saved.
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| ~FLOYD~ |
How appropriate... a bear named GRACE. She survived. No smoke stains on her. Floyd sits beside her. They're a couple now. Floyd's Grace is beautiful. THANKFUL these characters don't smell of SMOKE or CHEMICALS.
MY TEDDY BEAR GRACE WAS SAVED FROM THE FIRE. I'M GLAD TO HAVE HER. THIS GRACE CANNOT SAVE ANYONES SOUL, BUT I LOVE HER NAME. WE CAN BE SAVED BY GOD's GRACE THROUGH GOD's ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, JESUS, WHEN WE RECEIVE HIM AS OUR PERSONAL SAVIOR. I LOVE THE LORD AND AS IT SOAKS INTO MY SOUL THAT GOD LOVES ME AND SAVED ME THROUGH HIS GRACE, I AM DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE. FOR IT IS BY NO OTHER THAT WE ARE SAVED THAN BY THE LORD JESUS. A BLESSING TO RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH THIS SPIRITUAL REBIRTH. LET THE WIND BLOW INTO YOUR LIFE.
It's going to be a long haul recovering from so much loss. I am very BLESSED to be able to rest through-out the day at HOME. My dear Husband had to return to work right after our fire and it has taken a toll on him. PRAYING for strength. My Father's illness and death along with his Mother's death are difficult enough.
A QUILT SQUARE that my Mother had pieced together was not saved. We still received it as this is the practice the company does. They'll clean it if possible and return it to us cleaned. If it cannot be cleaned, they return it to us as well and it is up to us to pitch it or keep it.
The square was not cleaned and we threw it away, but after I thought about trying to clean it myself, it had to be found in the trash bag we had thrown it away in.
Now my DEAR HUSBAND went searching for the quilt square after I said I wish I had tried to SAVE the square first. HE FOUND IT. HUGS to him. HUGS. I believe it will wash up alright and then I can still have something my Mother had given me. So much of what Mom gave me was destroyed in the fire.
When sentimental things are destroyed it's harder to rejoice. More difficult.
I think recovering from our fire will take a full year with emotional residue to deal with as time passes.
My dear friend Sherry told me that after one of her Uncles went through a fire that he went insane. The dear man went insane. Another cousin told me that after her Father-in-law went through a tornado, he never got over it and died.
I am in hopes that we will recover as best we can and continue on in this journey called LIFE. Things fall apart and age right along with people. This fire has been devastating. I am working at willing a attitude that doesn't defeat me, but makes me see LIFE through different eyes. Get involved with making NEW things to fill the void made by loss. It won't be the same, but it might be even better. PRAISE GOD we are not burn victims, there were no deaths. PRAISE GOD we have an opportunity to LIVE awhile longer on earth.
WHAT WILL I DO WITH THIS TIME? I continue to age as we all do. There are issues with fatigue and strength. Health challenges, etc. LIFE goes on and I must as well.
BLESSINGS,
d
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"My dear friend Sherry told me that after one of her Uncles went through a fire that he went insane. The dear man went insane. Another cousin told me that after her Father-in-law went through a tornado, he never got over it and died."
This is Heartbreaking!
Hello Sandi. Yes, I thought it very sad that one would go insane and another die. Very sad. Truly, one does not know how things like this can or will affect another. It is viewed differently by others. I have many mixed feelings about what we have gone through that at times it all takes me by surprise. It isn't a dream that I will wake up from. Tis reality and I am working through it. Glad you stopped by,
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Glad we have been able to salvage some memento's for keeping. It is difficult when the lost item carries so many memories. Still struggling with the piano my grand-mother gave me when I was eight. Heavily damaged, costly to restore... likely more than the insurance would pay.... how do I just call it trash now and haul it to the dump? I don't think I can. You lost things your grandmothers had made an given to you as a child as well. Easy for one to say, things are not important and can be replaced. That's not entirely true. A refrigerator, okay, we did, no real sentiment there. My grand-mothers bedroom suite, took naps in that bed when I was a little boy. Thankfully it might actually be restored. I didn't know before but I think I can see how one could lose their mind if the didn't have the solid rock of Jesus to stand on.
Thankful for grace.... God's grace... and Grace the teddy bear.
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