Recovering from a Fire in our home
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Friday afternoon I was on my way home with my two girls in the back seat (ages 1 yr old and 6 yrs old) I get two phone calls calling to tell me my house is on fire.
I lived in the upstairs of an old house built in the 1800's in reynoldsburg ohio.
I was on 70 east by james road when I got the phone call. Mind racing as to what on earth could have caused it. I left nothing plugged in, I left no candles lit- hell I didn't even light any candles that day at all. Worrying about if it was THE WHOLE house or just one specific room. All i knew was that there was significant damage and that they had gotten the fire out.
I finally start up my street, expecting to see what I saw, A street full of fire trucks, and volunteer fire trucks, red cross , fire fighter's, emergency personnel, My downstairs neighbors gathering their important things from their home.
I park my car, tears filling in my eyes as i examing the window's of my girls room, the windows of my living room with my christmas tree sitting dark in the window- there was no fire in my girls room or the living room. The fire was in my bedroom.
I leap out of the car and start running onto my lawn, my breath is short, tears are racing , a million questions ! "WHY ! HOW ! WHEN !!! WHY!!!!"
All of the emergency personnel started with their help campaigns.
At this point It was unreal to me. I thought I may be able to still live there in a few days. Boy was I wrong. My room is gone. Everything in the home has smoke damage. My baby's clothes that were organized in my closet with all of my coats and winter clothes..Gone.
My simple trinkets and sweet memories .. Gone.
ALLLLL of my baby's books, kid's books given to me by my mom, grandma ...gone.
I had a wooden cedar hope chest my grandma gave me ..All of the blankets inside were okay,..but the chest itself.. Gone..
Material things are never more imporant than the little people I love the most.
But to explain to you how heart breaking it was for my 6 year old to ask me for her beloved "charkey " (a plush big rotweiler stuffed animal) and the fire investigators told me that I could not have him due to safety issues and possible later health defects.... Heart breaking is not the word...Devastating is.
Anyways.. I needed to give you all a glimpse into the real life tradegedy my girls have been faced with. I need help finding a place to live as SOON as possible. I don't mean some place to stay, I mean a place to LIVE, A home.
Please help with any information . The littlest things will help.
Thank you.
I lived in the upstairs of an old house built in the 1800's in reynoldsburg ohio.
I was on 70 east by james road when I got the phone call. Mind racing as to what on earth could have caused it. I left nothing plugged in, I left no candles lit- hell I didn't even light any candles that day at all. Worrying about if it was THE WHOLE house or just one specific room. All i knew was that there was significant damage and that they had gotten the fire out.
I finally start up my street, expecting to see what I saw, A street full of fire trucks, and volunteer fire trucks, red cross , fire fighter's, emergency personnel, My downstairs neighbors gathering their important things from their home.
I park my car, tears filling in my eyes as i examing the window's of my girls room, the windows of my living room with my christmas tree sitting dark in the window- there was no fire in my girls room or the living room. The fire was in my bedroom.
I leap out of the car and start running onto my lawn, my breath is short, tears are racing , a million questions ! "WHY ! HOW ! WHEN !!! WHY!!!!"
All of the emergency personnel started with their help campaigns.
At this point It was unreal to me. I thought I may be able to still live there in a few days. Boy was I wrong. My room is gone. Everything in the home has smoke damage. My baby's clothes that were organized in my closet with all of my coats and winter clothes..Gone.
My simple trinkets and sweet memories .. Gone.
ALLLLL of my baby's books, kid's books given to me by my mom, grandma ...gone.
I had a wooden cedar hope chest my grandma gave me ..All of the blankets inside were okay,..but the chest itself.. Gone..
Material things are never more imporant than the little people I love the most.
But to explain to you how heart breaking it was for my 6 year old to ask me for her beloved "charkey " (a plush big rotweiler stuffed animal) and the fire investigators told me that I could not have him due to safety issues and possible later health defects.... Heart breaking is not the word...Devastating is.
Anyways.. I needed to give you all a glimpse into the real life tradegedy my girls have been faced with. I need help finding a place to live as SOON as possible. I don't mean some place to stay, I mean a place to LIVE, A home.
Please help with any information . The littlest things will help.
Thank you.
Organizer
Tshawn Matthews
Organizer
Reynoldsburg, OH
