Barb_ Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 ...and my grandmother’s handmade quilts. During our house fire a salvage company showed up and as soon as the first fire was under control they began grabbing photos. I was out of state and called my daughter to have them grab my grandmas hand sewn quilts. Pretty soon the second fire began in the attic so everyone had to leave the house again. Later we fired them and hired a different company after we learned they’d forged my husband’s name on some documents. They were supposed to have transferred the stuff they gathered to the new company. We got part of it back. Mostly stuff I didn’t care about. I’m grieving like someone had died. In a way they have. I’ll never have my babies back and now I don’t even have any physical mementos or resemblances of them, so it feels like a death. I figured if anyone could understand, it would be a board full of mamas. 28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innisfree Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I'm so sorry, Barb. You must feel sick. Might family members have pictures they could get copies for you? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 My mom gave me all of hers when my basement backed up sewage in 1999. But that is a good thought. I’ll see if the other grandparents have any duplicates or photos they have taken. They aren’t the albums I spent years compling though, you know? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I’m so sorry. That is terrible. Something similar happened to my SIL and she sent out a plea to everyone in the family and to friends. We were able to get her photos of every kid at about every age...it’s definitely not the same thing at all as your own albums but it was something. I would definitely ask your family and close friends. I was surprised how many photos of her kids we had. When she first asked we thought we might have a few and then we went through stuff and found bunches. Same with other family members. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I’m so sorry. How awful to treat your beloved possessions that way! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Oh no, I'm so sorry. What a thing to add to an already difficult situation. I agree with Innisfree. I'd put out an SOS to relatives and friends who may have some photos with your babies in them. Any chance you posted things on Facebook? They keep all your old photo/posts. Also anything old you may have used Shutterfly, Costco, Walmart, etc. photo centers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I’m so sorry, Barb. I don’t even know what to say. It’s just awful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 N 6 minutes ago, umsami said: Oh no, I'm so sorry. What a thing to add to an already difficult situation. I agree with Innisfree. I'd put out an SOS to relatives and friends who may have some photos with your babies in them. Any chance you posted things on Facebook? They keep all your old photo/posts. Also anything old you may have used Shutterfly, Costco, Walmart, etc. photo centers? No, these are all pre-digital. 1990-2001. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 You know what makes me nuts? I have photos of the quilts and the open boxes with the albums in them. The first company sent pictures with the inventory list before they transferred them to the second company. Each company is blaming the other. I may need an attorney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 One of the quilts my grandma sewed for me in the 80s. It was a Dutch doll style and she used scraps from all the dresses she’d saved from when I was a toddler and preschooler. She sewed all of her quilts by hand and they took her two years to make. They lost four of them. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Oh that stinks! We had a hard drive crash when my oldest was 6 months old. We lost all our pictures except the few I had emailed to family. It isn’t quite the same, but I do get it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I'm so sorry. This is one of my few great fears. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 28 minutes ago, Rachel said: Oh that stinks! We had a hard drive crash when my oldest was 6 months old. We lost all our pictures except the few I had emailed to family. It isn’t quite the same, but I do get it. We almost lost the external hard drive with all the digitals too, but it was in the last box I went through, tossed in with a bunch of loose cords and chargers. So it could be worse. I’m sorry you can commiserate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I'm so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Oh, this is awful. You know, what I do in circumstances like this is physically go there. Seriously. I look for things myself. I quietly sit around until someone else looks for things, differently than before. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. But I figure they have to be *somewhere*, and maybe you will get lucky. This is horrible though. What a grotesque coup de grace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 That’s really horrible. I am so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I am so, so sorry. Sending hugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixpix5 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Your post made me cry. This is one of my biggest fears. I am so very sorry. I feel ill for you :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stibalfamily Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I am so sorry, this is just heartbreaking. We back up our photo storage with two separate companies after my computer died and it had ALL our pictures. Most were recovered but I spent about a week in constant anxiety until the computer techs successfully recovered them. Sending you hugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealp2009 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Oh wow, that is heartbreaking. And I have a fear of this as well. I'm so sorry and I hope you are able to get some photos through friends or relatives copies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 You might ask a lawyer what they would charge to send a letter, I bet that would get them looking mighty hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 oh my mama heart breaks for you. I hope you can get some replacements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 I’m so sorry this has happened. I am hoping and praying that the quilts and photos will be found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Oh Barb that's heartbreaking. I'm so sorry you have this added stress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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