Friday, January 20, 2012

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.

5 comments:

  1. Loved all your pictures!!
    The carpet is beautiful.....the snow angels enchanting.......and the two person pyramid AWESOME

    the laundry list of your past memories is poignant.
    I am very excited to watch the next chapters of your life unfold!!

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  2. Those trips down memory lane can be a bit painful. I remember I kept Audriana's shoes (the ones she was wearing right before the accident) for years and years in a box stored high up on my closet shelf. They hurt to look at, but yet I couldn't get rid of them. So I put them away. Then one day, probably 7 or 8 years later, I finally took them out of that box and let her younger sisters wear them. They got shabby and worn out pretty quickly once I did that. But it actually felt so good to them them go. Some memories are worth hanging on to, while others just need to go.

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  3. My husband & I just moved Monday...we also had to put my beloved dog to sleep Monday. My heart is broken. I feel for you.
    M
    NYC

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  4. I know this is all so hard. We are about to move too (to Atlanta where I'm from, not sure if I told you)... I know there will be a lot of tears. So grateful for you and that we share this road. We stand with you guys and pray for you daily.

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  5. I thought you might be interested in reading about a local effort to create a "Ronald McDonald" house equivelent. I think it is still in the building stages. K. Rostam

    http://zafiasfamilyhouse.org/prd/index.php

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