
Help Taliesin's Family Rebuild After Fire
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On Monday afternoon, my husband and I were eating lunch while our kiddo played outside with their friends. We heard a thumping upstairs and thought maybe somehow the kid snuck by us and went upstairs (not likely given the set up but okay) and we started walking toward the stairs and calling her name. The thumping got louder and our kid was not responding and we then feared that someone had broken in so we were terrified but headed up the stairs ready for a fight. About half way up the stairs my husband saw the flames flickering on the wall and the smoke in the hallway. He thought the lightbulb had caught fire at first, but I had seen the fire with my own eyes. The ceiling had started to rip open and the thumping we heard was ceiling and melting vent falling to the floor. I blocked the dog from going up and my husband grabbed her and we both ran out of the house grabbing only immediately essential items like her harness and my coat and phone. (Everyone is okay! Kid was outside, the dog was in my husband's arms and both me and my husband were together and got outside just fine.) The fire, smoke, and water from the sprinkler and firefighters damaged most of our things, especially our kiddo's stuff as their room was closest to where the fire started. Most of our really important items are okay but things like our beds and all their stuffed animals and clothes and shoes etc will need to be replaced. Our kid had just turned 8 this past weekend, their birthday party being the day before this fire and most of her birthday gifts were ruined. Insurance is working with us and it sounds like we will get a good amount back but smoke gets into EVERYTHING and there's just so much and so many memories and special items from loved ones passed that are simply gone now. Anything anyone can give will help us especially in the mean time before insurance gets worked out as my bank account is draining fast with all the essentials we have had to replace (especially ALL of our food and kitchen stuff and toiletries etc.)
Much love and appreciation for all who can help us in any way
Organizer
Taliesin Kawamura
Organizer
Olympia, WA