I thought my 3 year old Mac was immune to this and had put on the "to do eventually list" of getting my computer backed-up, but alas, I had never done it.
My heart broke, honestly, I can't keep back the tears even now...it's still broken. However, and thankfully, I have a remarkable and wonderful "big-girl" that has truly helped me through this.
The morning we got the bad news, Chloe ironically asked if we could sit down and look at her baby pictures. I explained as best I could to her that those precious pictures and videos were gone. She said, "that's sad mom, I really liked looking at those pictures", "me too", I replied.
Then, a few hours later while driving to an indoor play area and all the while, me- quietly mourning, Chloe piped up from her car seat and said:
"Mom, I know that losing all those pictures is sad thing, I really liked those pictures.
But, you know, people are what are really important in this world.
And we are a family forever.
and look at the world that Heavenly Father made for us,
it's beautiful and we get to enjoy it".
Thanks to my sweet and ever in-tuned angel , I know I can make it through this...because I still have forever family and it's true "people are what are really important". Thank you my darling Chloe, thank you.
**However, let this be a reminder to you all to back-up and "save" your info.
Believe me the $100 bucks for a external hard drive seems pretty trivial right about now.**
8 comments:
Allie,
My heart just broke for you. I can't believe it. Seriously - I can't even fathom...
Do any of your friends of family have pictures of your kids? You should ask and see if there are any available - and you can always pull off the ones that you've saved on your blog/facebook. But serioiusly, I'm so sorry!
Allison - it's so so sad. I'm glad you finally got to cry about it, because it will help you 'recover.' It'll be hard when you're doing the dishes sometime, and a memory will come to mind, and you realize that memory is only recorded in the mind.
Thankfully, after we die, our brains get downloaded into the coolest most realistic memory book ever - kind of like in Harry potter, where the pictures move! That will be a great day of remembrance!
I love you!
Alexis
Thanks for the thoughts.
Ashley, you ironically emailed me some pics of Chloe and Brooklyn at DMU's Halloween party a couple years ago, so I retrieved those!
Thanks!
Lexie, yes, I cried and sobbed while I wrote about it and yes, it felt justified.
I'm so sorry Allie! At least you have the pictures from your blog. :)And I'm sure your family can help you out too. But that is a major bummer.
That little Cloe and her timely articulations. What a sweet heart. Thanks for sharing, sis.
Alli-
I am so sorry:( My lap top died a few years ago and I thought all my pictures, that I had never backed up, were gone too! I seriously cried! A couple of years later, Matt took it into a computer place, and they were able to transfer all the hard drive onto an external hard drive. Which reminds me, tonight I am going to back them up! I will look through my pics, if I see any of your family, I will email them to you. I am so sorry again:(
That is so unbelievably awful!!! I actually have two external hard drives because I seriously think my life would abruptly end if that happened to me. Sad day, Allie girl!
I'm soooo sorry, Allie. I think I would die of a broken heart with all those lost memories. Like the others above, I will check for pics of you and your family. I love you all.
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