Sunday, Dec 1st, the unthinkable happened to our family. My father’s home burned completely to the ground. My father was in bed sleeping when he woke up to his bedroom filled with smoke. He managed to get himself, his two dogs, and my two dogs that he was babysitting out of the house safely. Unfortunately, his cat has not been found. This was my childhood home where both my parents have lived for over 40 years. Everything has been lost, including my deceased mother’s ashes. My entire family is devastated at the loss of everything my parents owned.

We are moving my father into our basement for the meantime. He’s having to start over with nothing. We’re going to need a lot of help getting him set up in our basement and eventually replacing anything we can. Please help if you can. Please share this if you can. Every penny is going to help us on the heartbreaking journey we have ahead.

UPDATE: We found my mother’s urn in the rubble today. Completely intact. We feel so blessed to have found her!