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You can beat yourself up over it, but the reality is that you're right: Some people handle the past differently from others. You did the right thing by attempt
by Zancarius 4y ago
You can beat yourself up over it, but the reality is that you're right: Some people handle the past differently from others.
You did the right thing by attempting to reunite them with their (presumably) priceless property. Most people likely wouldn't react this way. I know my parents lost a TON of personal items, including countless photos, when the moving company that was hired by the USAF to move them out of CA to another assignment went under. I'd imagine they'd both have been amazed, surprised, and incredibly grateful for someone to have gone through the trouble you did.
...but who knows? Perhaps there was a divorce or bad blood in that family. At least you can say for certain you have a clear conscience, though!
- trebbble 4y ago> I know my parents lost a TON of personal items, including countless photos, when the moving company that was hired by the USAF to move them out of CA to another assignment went under. I'm close to someone who grew up in the military and lost ~all their family photos and childhood things the same [EDIT: "a similar", rather] way. A little bit lost with every move, nearly all of it gone by the end. Might be a common problem for folks in the military even if something weird like the moving company going under mid-move doesn't happen.
- Zancarius 4y agoI think you're right, unfortunately. If it's not lost wholesale (as in my parents' case) it's a war of attrition. They had a number of interesting artifacts (my mother's Australian) and other items that would've been of value for posterity's sake. Especially now that my father has since passed--photographs from his earlier years would have been worth much more to us now. As a Christian, I'm not hugely fussed over the loss of the material things, but the archivist in my heart is pained to no end!