I returned upstairs and continued my project of “Spring Cleaning” the hallway closet. A few hours later I returned to the kitchen to discover that the battery was fully charged! I held my breath as I took it out of the charger and returned it to the innards of the camera and pressed the power button. 

It turned on.

I couldn’t remember how the function buttons worked, so after pressing a few I finally found the correct one - the “show me what I took” button…

The first picture had a timestamp of November 16, 2013 - 9:20 p.m. It was of my Mom and Dad - holding three-year-old Nathan and 19-month-old Josiah. 

Tears instantly filled my eyes……