I hate the rain. It ruined my bc memories

Anonymous

We are in Indiana now, and it has been storming constantly for the past eternity.

Last night I went in our basement to do laundry at about 9. My hubby went down there at 10 and there was about 4 inches of water throughout the basement (in some spots, more).

I was so upset at each loss we discovered and I cried quite a bit. Then, hubby looked in the corner about 2 hours into our scramble to save the basement and said, "What's in that box?!"

It was ALL of my breast cancer journey memories. EVERY piece of paper, every note, every card, every book, every piece of literature, EVERYTHING. I saved it all and it is ruined.

The thing that upset me the most is when hubby pulled out the hated pink book that I was given on the day of diagnosis. I can recall vividly the day of dx sitting on the floor in my living room talking to my best friend on the phone. I was flipping through the book and sobbing at each picture I saw and wailing, "I CAN'T DO THIS!" The memory of that feeling of despair versus where I am now; the memory of terror versus the fears I overcame. That book represented a lot to me and it is ruined. Is that lame for me to be so emotional?


We lost so much stuff, and we don't have flood insurance. We were told we were on the highest land on the block. They didn't tell us the small creek in the backyard backs up into our sewer when there is a storm. I hate this! We can't afford this nightmare right now.
Love and prayers, Deb

LuAnnH

Sorry to hear of your flooding. I am in Cincinnati and we could really use some of that water. We haven't seen rain in so long my yard is like a desert. The ground is hard and cracked, temp's soaring over 100. I hope you dry out quickly!

LuAnn

lvtwoqlt

Sorry to hear about the flooding, my hubby was driving through Findlay OH on Wed and asked where all the water came from. Here in NC we are in an extreme drought, manditory water restrictions, no car washing, water lawn 2x week (not me), no filling up swimming/wading pools, want everyone to reduce water usage by 20%. they have even shut down some of the public swimming areas on the lakes.

You have every right to be emotional, the physical representations of your memories were destroyed, but the spirit remains. YOU ARE A SURVIVOR!!!

Sheila

Anonymous

Oh Deb, I'm so sorry! I actually lost all of my daughter's artwork throughout her childhood when I moved from our house to my townhouse 4 years ago and it seriously broke my heart! I was especially upset about her little writing samples through the years since she is actually now a "real" writer. But they're all gone and I had to move on and focus on what she is all about NOW. So maybe, in a way, this is a bigger push for you to move on too, to move beyond that experience and leave it behind once and for all. Don't smack me is that doesn't resonate though...I guess I'm just trying to help you put a positive slant on a crappy occurence.

~Marin

Jaybird627

(((Deb)))

I SO hear you about this damn rain! UGH! We lost power last night but thankfully the battery back-up on the sump pump worked.

All I have to say is that it IS sad to lose such 'things' but it's not the 'things' so much as the thoughts behind the gifts and the memories that will make what you went through special (not the best word, special, but you get what I mean). Maybe it is time to put it all behind you? I don't mean to downplay anything but perhaps it just was meant to be. That's how I try to think anyway when crap happens.

I wish you drier days and better memories ahead.....

Jaybird, in soggy west suburban Chicagoland

Anonymous

Oh Deb that's awful. I am so sorry. I know those things meant so much to you.

When I was in Texas taking care of my mother several years ago we were having our house refinanced. I had worked on a memory book for my daughter who had just gotten married. I had cleaned up my "mess." Somehow when my DH was cleaning the dining room where I worked he threw away an album with my children's baby pics in them. I have looked everywhere and have never found them. I am still upset -- upset that they do not have all those pic. Thankfully we do have a few.

I hope you can recoup some of the things that were destroyed. I live on the coast and when hurricanes come around I have seen the devastation some people have suffered.

{{{{{{{{{BIG HUGS FOR YOU.}}}}}}}}}
Shirley