PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Supplies have been difficult to find in southwest Florida for some people after Hurricane Ian.

An 85-year-old Port Charlotte woman is struggling to find a tarp to cover her shed's roof that was destroyed from the storm, as she tries to protect family heirlooms that for her, are irreplaceable.

Donna Stout has lived in Port Charlotte for nearly 40 years, and just recently spent nearly $40,000 on remodeling her house.

Thankfully, she evacuated during the storm, but because of Hurricane Ian, the place she has called home for decades sustained a lot of damage when she came back.

“Everything is wet because the rain was just horrendous,” she said. “One pillar went through the window, and that’s my living room.”

The most damage was caused to her shed’s roof, which had been torn up. It's what's inside the shed that matters the most.

“I brought everything. Every memorabilia, all my grandmother’s quilts, my mother’s things, just tears me apart.”

All her memories of her grandmother, her kids, everything she loves is in that shed — and some of them saw damage because of the storm.

Some possessions can be replaced, but some can’t.

“It was a lot easier during (Hurricane) Charley when I was 65 than it is now at 85,” Stout said. “I’ve already had my tear breakdown, I think we all do at one time or another.”

But those breakdowns for her don’t last long, as she goes back to making sure everything she holds near and dear to her remains intact.

She is hoping that she will be able to get a tarp soon to protect these things, though those have been hard to come by.

But no matter what happens, the positivity of Stout remains as radiant as ever, and no storm can take that from her.

“I know life goes on, and everything is going to be okay,” she said.