When we stopped into Bret & Charise Smith’s house on Monday, they were just having lunch. Bret & Charise had been in Peru the week before picking up their son from his mission. They arrived home on Friday evening to see the after-effects from the flood. Their basement had been cleaned out– many things were lost. Her kids that lived close had done a lot of work cleaning and trying to save what they could. Their yard was still full of mud, but the driveway was cleaned off and someone had taken time to not only write some “welcome home” signs, but to put up some yellow balloons and ribbons. It was definitely a bright spot amidst the muck and mud.
As we came in to her house, some of her kids were there as they had not yet gone home. They had come in that weekend for their brother’s mission homecoming. We handed her the salsa and gave her a hug. Tears began streaming from her eyes. She apologized for the tears. She said they just come randomly. Realizing their loss, saddened that they weren’t here, appreciative of all that had been done in their behalf….it just brings all the emotions to the surface. Robbin Frei (my delivery buddy) was as quick to tear up and try to console her. Robbin would tell me stories as we drove from house to house and would cry frequently. Very taxing even on those who were not flooded.
Her basement is drying and they are hoping to be able to begin the process of putting it back together soon.
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