Burglars steal presents, wedding ring, computers from Capitol Hill home

SEATTLE -- The burglars came through a window the family thought was too small for anyone to fit.

"The first thing I remembered is I had my wedding ring on the bedside and that was gone," said Dawn Matisse.

Matisse regrets not having a photo of her ring or enough insurance to cover all their stolen jewelry. And her school work from her PhD program is gone.

"We had four laptops, one of which was brand new. Everything underneath the tree, which is probably the biggest heartbreak. All of Sarah's presents."

Sarah is their 7-year-old daughter.

"I know everyone has heard this," says Will Damon, Matisse's husband. "It's the sense of violation. People that I don't know were in my house doing this."

But little by little, things are getting better.

"People have been so kind to us, so kind," says Matisse.

Strangers are reaching out to them, and the couple just learned of a card-writing campaign a friend started for them on the CHS Capitol Hill Seattle Blog.

"It's very sweet," says Matisse with tears in her eyes. "It's wonderful."

"This really was a bummer, and this happened and it stinks," says Damon. "But it's not what you do, it's what you do next.

Damon and Matisse advise homeowners to make sure their insurance policies are up to date, and to have photos of your valuables. They also remind others to keep back ups of their computers outside the home.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45771436/ns/local_news-seattle_wa/

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