I’ve avoided writing about the storm because until now i really didn’t think it was something that anyone would want to hear about…what with us being displaced and the house being trashed and it just being such a sucky hard time. Only now do i feel like it’s almost behind us and i can see the good that came from it. The Simplified Living Experiment got real complicated-real quick. We had already edited our life down to as i describe to be “only what we wanted and needed” so we could live in one room. The new lesson learned was that is wasn’t all we wanted and it wasn’t even what we needed.
What we want is to be together. What we need is each other.
Me and the babies (now 7 and 2!!) Never had to separate and were able to stay safe, warm, and loved at our close friends house for 7 weeks. We also realized all we needed were those friends and countless others who stepped up and did anything they could to help us whether it be diapers, encouragement, money, plastic bins, quarters for laundry, or birthday gifts for the kids (both having birthdays in the days of the power being out). These are some pictures chronologically of the last few months.
Our front door 8:30am 10/30/12
Everything we THOUGHT we needed out for trash.
Our “buffet” was typical to what you saw on every street in Hoboken.
We were more fortunate than many as we could begin renovating within 2 weeks
Happy Birthday Beatrice!! Halloween 2012
Happy Birthday Arthur! 7 yrs and still so stylish in his custom-made pants given by 13 yr olds Tessa and Ava!
Final day before moving back. Yes, we DID clean and seal the floor really well!!
Getting back to normal in the “new” kitchen area.
Where we’ve been cooking up a storm ever since!
First time wearing mittens!
Still trying to keep it colorful!
Business as usual.
