Lucky to be alive today

[anji1971]

This stuff gives me shudders just reading it.........
I can't even imagine the horror of actually being in a house that catches fire. Too much.

[drache]

wow - that's horrible
glad your family got out, but losing all the animals and probably a lot more must take a lot to get over

[infernalis]

wow - that's horrible
glad your family got out, but losing all the animals and probably a lot more must take a lot to get over

It's been a decade and a half since our total loss fire, and honestly one never really gets completely over it.

All the pictures, diplomas, yearbooks, record collection & family heirlooms passed down for generations.

Just last week we shoveled a bunch of things into a bonfire out back that mom kept in the barn, she could not let go.

But really, scorched furniture, no matter how antique it is, pointless to keep around. (only serves to remind us of the loss)

Sure the insurance bought this wonderful home Dorothy and I inherited when mom passed, but it is not the same house I grew up in...