Thursday morning, the 8th, was my daughter's second birthday, and we were discussing what to do for her, when we see smoke coming from the basement. We all get out of the house, and by the time the FD arrives (7 trucks from 3 other towns), half of the house was already on fire. After I got off the phone with 911, I realized I didnt have any shoes on, nor did I have my wallet. So I figured I might try to go back inside and get them. I took a huge breath and ran inside, but there was just too much smoke. It's amazing how suffocating smoke is. It's got to be worse than drowning. It feels like the smoke is trying to force itself into your lungs. Anyway, I decided my life was more important than a pair of shoes and a wallet, so I ran back outside. We ended up with nothing but the clothes on our backs. I called up the American Red Cross, and they set us up with a hotel room for two days. They also gave us a voucher for a few groceries. Luckily I work for Hilton, so they were generous enough to let us stay at a DoubleTree hotel until we can find a more permanent place to stay. There's a computer in the hotel lobby that is complimentary for us to use as well.
We didn't have insurance, as we were renting the place and just recently moved in, so all of my daughter's clothes and toys are gone, and everything in my room is gone due to smoke damage. The fire restoration company said the house isn't worth fixing and they're going to have to rebuild the whole thing.
Can I please have your prayers and thoughts to be with my family and I? We're just having a really tough time dealing with all this, and as the man of the family, it's hard to be the strong one. Everyone is leaning on me, but I feel like I have no one to lean on. I worked so hard to have nice clothes and toys for my daughter, and now they're gone. It eats me up inside, and I feel like I want to break down and cry sometimes. Luckily my daugther has no idea what happened, because she's only 2 years old. We're just trying to make sure she's happy right now.
Everyone has been saying how lucky we are and that at least we're ok, but it's still a major setback to have all of the personal things I have to be destroyed so quickly. There are some things that just can't be replaced.
Seeing as how there have been a few people pretending to be in dire straits and asking for money, and people are understandably skeptical of posts like this, the thing I would most appreciate is for your thoughts and prayers to be with us, especially for my daughter. She's all that ever really mattered to me. I just don't know what I would have done had I lost her.
We didn't have insurance, as we were renting the place and just recently moved in, so all of my daughter's clothes and toys are gone, and everything in my room is gone due to smoke damage. The fire restoration company said the house isn't worth fixing and they're going to have to rebuild the whole thing.
Can I please have your prayers and thoughts to be with my family and I? We're just having a really tough time dealing with all this, and as the man of the family, it's hard to be the strong one. Everyone is leaning on me, but I feel like I have no one to lean on. I worked so hard to have nice clothes and toys for my daughter, and now they're gone. It eats me up inside, and I feel like I want to break down and cry sometimes. Luckily my daugther has no idea what happened, because she's only 2 years old. We're just trying to make sure she's happy right now.
Everyone has been saying how lucky we are and that at least we're ok, but it's still a major setback to have all of the personal things I have to be destroyed so quickly. There are some things that just can't be replaced.
Seeing as how there have been a few people pretending to be in dire straits and asking for money, and people are understandably skeptical of posts like this, the thing I would most appreciate is for your thoughts and prayers to be with us, especially for my daughter. She's all that ever really mattered to me. I just don't know what I would have done had I lost her.
