Pasta, auction and baked goods - talk about an irresistible trifecta! Ah, perhaps I am revealing too much about my weaknesses with that statement. Actually I can add another thing to the list which will make it a quadruple threat - enjoying all the above for a good cause - it gets better my the minute...justified [...]
Tag: fire
What remains of #316…
I am done writing about the fire on this blog after this post - I don't want to give it another minute of my life. I may write about folks' thoughtfulness, graciousness, kindness and support in regard to the fire, but that is it. I hate fire and I can't dwell in this mindset any [...]
The other side of yesterday…
So here I am - on the other side of yesterday. The sun is out and I think I took my first full deep breath since Monday evening. Not that life has gotten any less complex or hectic - those are endemic characteristics of my life - but I do feel less weight on my [...]
It has been a long week…
It has been a long week since the fire- even though it hasn't really been a whole week. It is hard to believe it has only been four days. Indeed, it seems like it has been weeks not days. On the Galleria Fire Facebook page someone posted a link to photos taken inside the building [...]
60 hours…
60 hours. 60 hours - that is the amount of time that has passed since I first learned that the apartment building that my sons lived in was on fire. 60 hours to gain perspective on what has happened and what we should do next. 60 hours to recognize the magnitude of the loss and [...]
We were # 316.
Photo credit: Carrie Snyder, The ForumI hate fire - always have. I think it is because from an early age I had a healthy appreciation of its relentless, take no prisoners' nature. When I was fairly young my brother was playing with matches in the house and caused a fire in a tall built-in storage [...]
What the fire took…
Photo by Michael Vosburg, The Forum I was supposed to be on a plane about now...but last night the apartment building that both my sons live in was severely damaged in a massive fire. There was a very scary period early on in the evening when we couldn't reach via telephone or locate my older [...]
THE NEW FORTY 