It's been a little over a month since it happened. I am still having flashbacks to the tree falling on us. And I am missing Kent so much that it's a stabbing pain in my chest. We're planning his memorial service for April to give his out of state friends and family time to make travel arrangements, though there will be a live stream. I will design the invites and the little pamphlet thingies that people get at funerals. I will also be writing the eulogy and my son, Micah, is going to write a poem.
This is the bedroom Kent and I shared for 12 years (I lived with him for half the week even before my son and I moved in fully back in 2019).
That black pillow with skeletons on it was STILL in the exact spot where I'd been sleeping when the tree came down. Seeing it next to the crater that had fallen down into my son's bedroom before really made me understand why everyone from the emergency crew that came that night to the insurance assessor declared that Micah and I shouldn't have survived.
I am so lucky to have my son. Kent would be so proud of all the little ways he's taking after him and helping me the way Kent would in getting through all of this.
We're in our temporary housing, but I found out that the insurance only covers a set amount of money, so we could be looking for another place in 6 months. We still don't know if the house will be rebuildable, and whether or not we'll get to move back in. I'm going to be looking for another job so we can afford it. I'm also hoping my book sales pick up.
The rubble crew finally got to get started on recovering my things. I got most of my wall o'horror, a lot of my clothes, my baby blanket, and FINALLY my wallet and ID. The cats are doing better and I'll have more pics of the place when we're done unpacking.
Someone got me this adorable coffin cat bed with a scratching post from my post disaster wishlist on Amazon.
Mayhem loves it. She's doing much better after the vet gave her steroid and antibiotic shots. But if her inflammation comes back, I gotta shell out another 2 grand to get the rest of her teeth pulled.
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