Overcoming house fire tragedy; navigating through the loss

Hi, on July 4th, our lives changed, and probably the most horrifying experience I've ever experienced happened. I woke up from taking a nap mid-afternoon to get rid of a migraine, to the fire alarms blaring. I walked into our modest little home's dining room to find our house engulfed in flames. I almost thought I was dreaming at first, but feeling the intense heat from the flames rushing into the house, I quickly grabbed the first cat I saw, screamed for everyone else to get out, and tossed the cat out the window and myself afterwards. Sadly, I had to leave our handicapped cat, "Little Miss," and my mother's dog, "Piper” and my hampster “Hammy” behind. All people got out that day, but I will live with the regret of not going back for Little Miss, Hammy and Piper every day. Every time I close my eyes, I see the potential of what they saw in their last moments, and I'm left sleepless and shaken with a heavy, burdened heart. And that's just mentioning the parts of my life that are irreplaceable.

The aftermath of it all is all too much to fathom: the insecurity of not having a roof over our heads, not having a safe place to go back to every day, the uncertainty of when this all will end. Also, my means of income burned up in our home that day too; I am a reseller online, and all of our inventory was destroyed. This leaves my family and me with no means of making a steady income. We don't know how long we'll have before we have a safe place to rest our heads and another house to build a home in. The loss is hard to even put into words. I'm humbly asking for my family, friends, neighbors, community, and anyone who's ever known the type of loss that leaves you with a hole torn so deep that even after all the physical things slowly get put into place, the hole that's left is deep and unfillable. So whatever you are able to donate, no matter the amount, the impact will be everlasting and met with so much gratitude.

We still don't know how the fire started but are hoping to find that out in the near future. The money donated here will ensure a roof over our heads and daily living expenses working with the insurance company, while we work on getting back on our feet ans slowly replacing item after item, seeing as we were left with only the clothes on our backs. I would have posted this sooner, but I had to wait to get a new phone as I wasn't able to grab it within the few fleeting seconds I had to evacuate the house.

How funds will be used

➾Monthly mortgage payments to keep our home

➾ Lyft/Ubers/Transportation

➾Fees and any other housing/hotel related costs

➾Replacement of important documents i.e ID/Drivers License, Birth Certificates, SS Cards

➾Pet care, cat food, cat litter, pet insurance

➾Phone Bills

➾Any other unexpected expenses during our journey

➾My mothers blood pressure medication

➾Pet boarding (the hotels won’t let our baby duck stay so we have to pay to have Peepit housed temporarily)

Thank you for taking the time to get to know our situation. Even if you can't donate, I would be forever grateful if you could share this with your friends and family and the greater community. Please keep us in your prayers, and thank you again from all of us; from the bottom of our heavy hearts.

Sincerely,

Nikki, Justin, Karen, Melissa & Paul

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