Everywhere We Looked

I have to say, the biggest downfall to the process of getting new carpet were all of the unexpected landmines. They were igniting everywhere. Just to name a few...

* Kama's fur all between our bed boards.

* Aviana's secret stash of toys.

* Kama's ashes.

* Zoe's fur on the top of our mattress.

* The tiny, little dress and shoes Aviana was wearing when we picked her up in Guatemala.

* Old pictures of her. Ones I hadn't seen in a lifetime.

* The pictures her foster family sent from Guatemala before we had ever met her.

* Aviana's old clothes from before the accident. As I folded them to pass along, I could actually see her smiling face in every outfit.

* The stacks upon stacks of well wishing cards, that I placed in one particular bag to read at a later date.

* Stacks of medical paperwork, all containing terrible words, descriptions and prognosis.

* Well wishes for us in regard to Kama, that I have yet to read as well.

* All my old scrapbooks of Aviana.

* All the shoes that she last wore, and never wore again.

* The Valentines her and I scrapbooked together for her pre-school classmates.

* Her referral pictures. The ones we would receive every month until we could bring her home.

* Her little arm floats she used to wear when my mom and Gary would take "our little fish" swimming.

* And so many more.

It was a trip down memory lane, to a life that seems so far in the distance.

We have a new life now, with new memories.