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What We Would Miss Most?  What do We Value About It?



==The things we value most in life are the ones we have to do the most to get! (by yas) ==

Debbie: “ I would miss my home if I lost it. I value it very much because it is my safe haven. A place I can go to relax and enjoy doing the things I like to do, like laughing, reading, cooking and just being myself. My home is a comfortable place with all my treasures in it. If something happened and it was gone, I just don't know what I would do. I thank God everyday for being able to have a home and a safe haven. I value it most because it does create that haven we all need to retreat to!” Ruthie: “I would miss my Phillies World Series champs blanket the most. I'm sentimental and most of what I have can be replaced, but not this gift, the last gift I got from my dad. For the last 6 years I have lived away from most of my family halfway across the country. I had only seen my dad twice in that time before he died of cancer. He got this blanket for me for Christmas the year the Phils won the world series. He usually always got me gift cards that I never saw again and after he died in May, I realized I will never get anything else to remember him by ever again. I also still have the last gift my grandparents gave me years ago, my twin Cabbage Patch dolls. I value all the things that remind me of the ones I've lost.” Maya: “I would miss the photos of special family moments that captured us together when various family members where still alive. I have photos of friends that I'm no longer in contact with because we live in different parts of the world. There are photos of my travel to various places when I was growing up and my father worked for the United Nations, so we traveled a lot. There are photos of my various assignments when I worked for an international organization in Africa. They remind me of a time when my life was much more adventurous and exciting now that I'm settled in Florida.”

Lisa: “I think the thing I would miss most is my home. The reason I value it is because my husband and I have spent the past 3 years renovating it from top to bottom. There is a lot of blood, sweat and tears in this home, but it is being made into what we want it to be, and we are doing it together. When we first bought it 10 years ago we never thought we would stay in it because it is small, and we really didn't love it, but it was in our price range. When we decided to stay, we started making big changes and now we do love it even though it is small. We still have a ways to go, but we are getting there.

Katherine: “I would miss my apartment the most if I lost it. My apartment is the place I feel the safest. It is also a place to relax after work, a place to go when I'm sick, and a place to go when I need to be alone. I have all I need to ensure my life is comfortable: there is even a fireplace! I value everything about it and if I ever lost it I would be devastated.” Dixie: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“I think the only material possession I have that I would miss would have to be those things collected over the years that instill good memories. Things like cigar boxes covered in macaroni that the kids made at school for me to use as a jewelry box, my mother's few little collectables that she had when I was very small and I still keep in a glass case, etc. Those types of things trigger memories that I might otherwise forget as I grow older. My husband's childhood home burned to the ground while they were at church a year before we got married. The home has been replaced and though it was missed, it's the things that belonged to his father that burned with the house that he misses the most, because his father was killed the next year, one month before our wedding. I would value those things more because of the treasured memories they bring.”