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Precious sentimental objects lost.

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Fallingstar Sun 12-Jul-26 13:03:29

NinjaNan18

I am really struggling with something at the moment. I lost my Mum when I was a child. I only have one album of photos of her and me, that I have always kept in the same place. Due to a long term illness I was tidying the cupboard the album is kept in but had to stop halfway through to sleep. I put all the stuff left to sort in a bin bag to come back to it when feeling better. To cut a long story short it appears my husband put the bag out on black bag collection day and I only realised after the bins were collected. It's totally my fault and I'm angry with myself but I am frustrated as well that my husband didn't look in the bag as normally he's fanatical about recycling so checks through the rubbish. I am devastated at the loss of the photos and other things of sentimental value that are also missing from the cupboard and I'm struggling because I'm an only child and there's no-one alive in my life now who knew and remembers my Mum. I even did a crazy thing for me and paid a psychic who said she can find lost objects. Of course it was a scam, which in my right mind I'd never have fallen for. But that's just it, I'm not in my right mind now. It's like the grief hitting me all over again as the photo album would have on my list of things you grab in a house fire. How could I be so careless. Please don't make my mistake. Copy precious old photos so they can be stored electronically incase anything happens to the originals."

Oh no, what a shame.
But you have wonderful memories am sure, hold them close and replay them in your mind when feeling a bit down.
💐💐

62Granny Sun 12-Jul-26 12:33:49

I have no advise , but just wanted to send you a hug 🤗

NinjaNan18 Sun 12-Jul-26 12:22:10

I am really struggling with something at the moment. I lost my Mum when I was a child. I only have one album of photos of her and me, that I have always kept in the same place. Due to a long term illness I was tidying the cupboard the album is kept in but had to stop halfway through to sleep. I put all the stuff left to sort in a bin bag to come back to it when feeling better. To cut a long story short it appears my husband put the bag out on black bag collection day and I only realised after the bins were collected. It's totally my fault and I'm angry with myself but I am frustrated as well that my husband didn't look in the bag as normally he's fanatical about recycling so checks through the rubbish. I am devastated at the loss of the photos and other things of sentimental value that are also missing from the cupboard and I'm struggling because I'm an only child and there's no-one alive in my life now who knew and remembers my Mum. I even did a crazy thing for me and paid a psychic who said she can find lost objects. Of course it was a scam, which in my right mind I'd never have fallen for. But that's just it, I'm not in my right mind now. It's like the grief hitting me all over again as the photo album would have on my list of things you grab in a house fire. How could I be so careless. Please don't make my mistake. Copy precious old photos so they can be stored electronically incase anything happens to the originals."