When I came home one night after work to see our house on fire, it was one of the most horrible experiences of my life.  There is just something horrible about seeing your home destroyed, and it brought tears to my eyes.  Thankfully no one was at home at the time, so no one was hurt, but it also meant that we would have to rebuild our home and our lives.

Fast forward six months from that moment, and our home is finally rebuilt.  It isn’t a moment too soon - we are really getting tired of living in the cramped apartment that we found as a temporary home.  But it also means that we need to go out shopping to replace all of our belongings that were destroyed in the fire which will be no simple task.

Even though we did take pictures of the contents of our home, how do you remember all of baby toys you had or get back your son’s favorite kids furniture?  The truth of the matter is that you can’t.  Some of their favorite toys (like Tiny, my son’s stuffed dog) will be lost forever and though you could technically find a replacement that looked the same, they still wouldn’t be the same toys that they were attached to.

Hopefully, we will be moved into our new home in the next week and we can finally quit mourning the loss of our old home and focus on creating memories in the new one. I just hope that we never have an experience like this again - I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

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