Journal #3: What If I Lost Everything?

I cannot even begin to fathom what it would be like if I lost everything. When I say everything, I mean all of my material possessions. My life would be changed so quickly, in such a short period of time if I lost everything. One of the main ways that I could lose everything I own and cherish would be a natural disaster. Since I live in Central Illinois where I am not remotely close to an ocean, and I can never remember an earthquake ever happening, I think the only possible natural disasters feasible would be a tornado or fire. Losing everything by one of these disasters would be horrible.
By losing all of my possessions, I mean all the everyday items that I have and use. These include my car, house, television, cell phone, iPod, computer, and anything else I would have still owned. Losing these things not only affects my life and me but it also affects my mom, dad, brother, and sisters. They would lose their house too and my mom would have lost many possessions she has invested in. My family and I would have to start all over, but at least I would still have my family to be there for me and I could be there for them. Whenever someone is in a time of need, like if I were to lose everything, it would just pull my family closer together. Even in a time of great devastation to myself as well as my family too, we would be there for each in everyone’s huge time of need. With the many negatives that come with losing all my material possessions, I would still know that I had the memories that those possessions gave me and I would also still have my life. I would be so thankful to be alive because, even though I lost everything that I had and owned, I would still have my life so I could try and get back to the normal life that I had.