Three months ago yesterday I lost my apartment in a fire. While it was a blessing that no one was injured, it has been a long three months for me while I have had to rebuild my life. I was further blessed in that I both had time to grab a lot of irreplaceable things on my way out and most of the personal things I left behind miraculously survived. (Thank you Rubbermaid tote bins!) However, I did lose all of my appliances and furniture, or so I thought. While my insurance allowed me to replace by damaged belongings. One thing that could not be replaced was a (still functional) hi-fi that belonged to my grandparents for over 45 years. I was heartbroken to see it after the fire. I was told that there may be a chance that it could be saved, so I removed all the electronics and handed the cabinet over to the insurance company.



Tonight I have been preparing to host a 'Thank you to all my awesome friends'-house warming party this weekend, and I received an unexpected delivery:




While I know that it is only an object, I still can't help but feel a wave of emotion every time I look at it. I am so grateful to God and to all the people (and companies) who have been so amazingly helpful to me over these past months.

I can't wait for Saturday.

 

Wow that is an AMAZINGLY good restoration.


Congrats on being home again too.

 

That's pretty awesome! Glad you're back home again.

 

my grandmother had one of those. Very similar actually. Congrats on the quick turnaround

 

Great story, and great surprise!

 

Thats a tear jerker! I say it only because when my grandfather's second floor caught fire the water and smoke damage to the first floor meant we threw out a lot of my grandmother's belongings we had been keeping. Then when he passed I could never find his pipes. They ARE only objects, but sometimes just a look of something or smell can really pull at your heart strings. Its a beautiful restoration and am very glad you got it back!