sally smith is figuring it out. >> i'm finding stuff over here and finding stuff over there. so i don't know where to start looking. >> we first met sally in what remains the living room of her mother's home. so this was sort of a fire -- >> fireplace. and the piano. we had windows, the touch is here. i don't know where the couch is. >> sally's mother, marge, is 80 and survived the storm in her sister's house. she doesn't get know her home is gone. they are hoping to find some personal belongings to cushion the blow. >> the first thing we did is look for jewelry. things my grandmother had given to her, things with sentimental value. then i looked for clothes. now we're just going through pots, plans, plates, things she can use to rebuild her life. >> that's how you begin rebuilding? >> yeah. >> just little pieces here and there? >> yeah, yeah. >> some of her mother's doll collections survived the tornado.