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Susan had the living room of our temporary housing looking pretty spiffy until yesterday. That’s when she brought upwards of 16 boxes home from the remediation company warehouse. It’s stuff that ServPro hauled off after the fire. We’re going through it deciding what to keep and what to toss. I just went through a box of materials from back when I served a church with graphics and newsletter layout. That all seemed important for many years. Maybe it was. God knows. If it was, its importance will not be diminished or lost by my throwing away samples I retained until now.
As I do this, I think of people who lose EVERYTHING in a fire or other disaster. What a mind-bender that must be!