The subject comes up from time to time and recently the question was again posed : If your house was on fire and your family and pets were safe, what things would you want to save?
It got me thinking that I should prepare a list in case, God forbid, I find myself confronted with such an emergency. I doubt I’d have the wherewithal to evaluate priorities, so a list I’d given some prior thought to would certainly come in handy.
Everyone’s first answer, I’d wager, is “photos” and the same thought immediately crossed my mind. Fortunately, I keep our prints and slides in one drawer (and a closet shelf) while the rest are digitally stored on an external hard drive. Note to self: Off site storage!
While I ponder my choices and prepare my list, I thought it might be a good exercise for you as well. So let me know - you can use “comments” to this post or email - which things you’d want, more than any others, to save and why. I’ll post the replies (first names only.)