If you could run in beforehand and pick out a few cherished items, it'd be a little less sad.
If you took a pretty photo of the items, and then had a few other people do the same thing with a few of their cherished items, it'd be art.
My list of things to grab if the house was burning down:
Small wooden box of vintage and silver jewelry.
Birthday boots, brown leather.
Hard drive with photos.
Metal straight pins from Peru.
Two scarves from Thailand.
Camera.
Recipes.
Box of baby clothes and handmade toys.
Small metal 'vase' with dried flowers from when I was a kid.
That one love letter I requested and was actually given.
I'm pretty sure this list would make me cry if my house burned down, and I'd add a few hundred more things (like my silver cutlery, my favorite heels, a few vintage dresses, and all of my art) but it's a pretty good start. I think if I lost everything else (not including people or dogs) I would be pretty okay if I had these things.
I'd like to put it out there that this doesn't mean I have a good plan and I feel like my house might burn down. I'd really rather not ever have to deal with that. But I'm glad I have a list.
photos courtesy of black eiffel
but really courtesy of the burning house
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