How we rebuild everything from scratch

There are certain events in life that come unexpectedly that sometimes even if we have been so prepared, we are still caught off guard, and it is always an ease of worries if you have a someone that you can count on.

With this being said, it's always good to remember those people and places that stood with us during those tough times in our life. As they say, it is in those rough times that you’ll know who stays by your side as you rebuild everything from scratch.

I'll be sharing to you one of the hardest life challenges that we've encountered.

Few years back, a huge fire engulfed our home and burnt down everything to ashes. I can still clearly remember how it was like waking up from this nightmare.

That time we are almost going to bed. I, my 1 year old son, my 12 yrs old cousin, my grandma and my great grandma was the only people that time in our house when the fire started.
My grandma only took her small bag and small size envelope then we left our house. Waiting for the firetruck and rescue team.

(Naaalala ko pa nun na nasa kalsada kami at naiyak. Iniisip ko nun paano na kami.Wala na kaming bahay na uuwian. Ang mga naipon ng nanay ko at mga Lola at Lolo ko nawala lahat.)

We literally started from scratch, fortunately, my grandmother saved some of her jewelry before the fire consumed our home, I remember her saying how it would help us in this kind of situation.

As we all try to contribute in rebuilding our home, my mom need to wait for her salary and my aunts tried borrowing money which gave them too much hassle as Personal Identifications were required and most of those were included on the fire.

We never really intend to have our grandmother’s jewelry to be made as collateral especially we know how she took care of it and as we all heard of horror stories in pawning jewelry.

Some of our relatives recommended Cebuana Lhuillier that time for pawning jewelry, and how they have higher appraisals for jewelry which mean higher take-home money for items being pawned.

It was something that we did not regret as we were able to get a high appraisal for my grandmother’s jewelry with Cebuana Lhuillier and we were able to start rebuilding and I also learned that aside from 10k to 24k gold jewelries they also accept platinum, diamonds, and recently I heard that they also accept gadgets and gift certificates.

Most of us may have the perception that pawning is always the last resort, but this should not be the case, pawning can help us in a lot of ways, and we can also ensure that our precious jewelry is well taken care of, especially with Cebuana Lhuillier.



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