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Dec. 5th, 2003 09:52 pmWow...
Vickie's mother (my step-grandmother) needs some good thoughts right now. Dad just called me, and apparently her entire house burned to the ground Sunday night. They think there was a gas leak in the basement, and when the hot water heater or the furnace kicked on, the gas ignited and literally blew up the house. She lost everything. This was a house that she has lived in her entire life. She raised her children there. She lost so many things that can never be replaced. I've been there before, and that house was packed with keepsakes, collectibles, pictures, and all kinds of little things that her family had accumulated over the years. On top of everything else, they had just finished majorly re-doing the place. They painted all the walls, replaced all the windows, put in new carpet, and who knows what else. I feel for her, I really do. I can most definitely relate. In February, it will have been three years since our house burned up. I think her situation is so much worse, though. The entire thing is ashes now. When we had our house fire, the fire damage was all contained upstairs in my bedroom, the bathroom, and the hallway. Everything else was just smoke damage and just needed to be cleaned, so we didn't actually lose everything. I lost the most, but even I had a lot of things in other parts of the house that were untouched.
The bright light about this is that Vickie's family is so well known in the area. There are people from all over the state donating things and sending money and good wishes. It sucks that it takes a terrible thing to happen to be able to see the best side of people, but it makes the terrible thing more bearable.
Vickie's mother (my step-grandmother) needs some good thoughts right now. Dad just called me, and apparently her entire house burned to the ground Sunday night. They think there was a gas leak in the basement, and when the hot water heater or the furnace kicked on, the gas ignited and literally blew up the house. She lost everything. This was a house that she has lived in her entire life. She raised her children there. She lost so many things that can never be replaced. I've been there before, and that house was packed with keepsakes, collectibles, pictures, and all kinds of little things that her family had accumulated over the years. On top of everything else, they had just finished majorly re-doing the place. They painted all the walls, replaced all the windows, put in new carpet, and who knows what else. I feel for her, I really do. I can most definitely relate. In February, it will have been three years since our house burned up. I think her situation is so much worse, though. The entire thing is ashes now. When we had our house fire, the fire damage was all contained upstairs in my bedroom, the bathroom, and the hallway. Everything else was just smoke damage and just needed to be cleaned, so we didn't actually lose everything. I lost the most, but even I had a lot of things in other parts of the house that were untouched.
The bright light about this is that Vickie's family is so well known in the area. There are people from all over the state donating things and sending money and good wishes. It sucks that it takes a terrible thing to happen to be able to see the best side of people, but it makes the terrible thing more bearable.