Little Samantha - The Move

The weekend was extremely busy for us. Sean and Rachelle had found a bigger basement apartment to move into about 10 days before all this happened. Knowing that it would be too hard to return to our basement, they decided to continue with the plans of moving. Our wonderful relief society came over Thursday and Friday and packed up their entire apartment. Saturday, the elders quorum along with our family and friends came over to help load the moving truck and move their stuff to their new apartment. Relief Society as well as family helped unpack a lot of their stuff at the new place, and a few sisters stayed here to completely clean the basement. It was overwhelming to see the amount of support that was given. We had so many people come to help that it went really quick, and just like that our lives entered a new chapter. Our families had become so integrated together since there was no outside entrance to our basement. So for 2 years the 8 of us have loved living together and spending so much time together. It is still hard to go down to the basement, having been left with so many wonderful memories. For now, Samantha's room hasn't been touched. We will leave it as it is until Rachelle and Sean are ready to go in and decide what to do with all her stuff. I often will go into her room, sit in the middle of the floor, and cry. I look at all her clothes, toys, crib, etc. and can't help but be full of emotion as I remember all the good memories.