When we left the mold house, we had to throw away our wedding album. However, my husband had the foresight to take digital photos of all the album pages (outside). That way, someday when we got new non-mold contaminated photos, I could decorate them again, the way I originally had. The Christmas after we left the mold house, my parents in-law touched my heart by getting me a new album and new copies of all of their photos of our wedding. They even found a service program from our wedding, all mold free and wonderful. When we left the mold house, we were mainly able to keep some glass things, my porcelain teacups, a few electronics (wiping them down), and DVDs (by throwing away the cases). In the first townhouse after the mold house, I spent three weeks burning VHS tapes onto DVDs, mostly home videos. Over the years, both when leaving the mold house and other times when contamination happened, we have enjoyed taking photos of things we had to pitch. It’s a great way to still enjoy memories or the look of an item while still pitching it and the mold spores and toxins stuck to it, so they can’t poison or infect anyone. Some things I was very sad to leave behind were the homemade quilts my friends and I had made for my babies. But at least I still have a photo I can enjoy. This quilt was my favorite, because we used leftover fabric from my favorite shirt in high school, my bridesmaid dress from my sister’s wedding, even a piece of a skirt I had made for myself in 7th grade.
Christa Upton Edgemont SD, 57735
