No Movie ... real life drama

So what I thought was going to be an uneventful evening with dinner and a movie turned out to be a real life drama. After I made my post yesterday, I got an emergency call from my cousin that my grandparents house was on fire. She wasnt sure of the details so I just ran out the office and went to the house.

When I got there the home was in total devastation, but everyone was safe.

The top is a pic of the porch after the fire. The bottom is a pic of grandma on the porch in 2006. They were celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary.

This is the entry door after the fire. And the other pic is grandma and baybay on the inside of the house in 2006.


The top pic is the fire damage in the living room. The other pics are the same living room during a family gathering after the death of my grandma's brother.

This is a pic of my grandfather - baybay - room where the fire started. He said an old space heater was the cause of the fire. This room was completed lost and there was a few inches of standing water on the floor.

The bathroom damage.

These are pics of my grandmother's room which is on the first floor near my grandfather's room. The bathroom separates these two rooms. For the most part, everything was lost in this room too.

Kitchen damage.

The kitchen is in the back of the house and was not badly burned. But the smoke and soot damage was overwhelming. The other pics were from a family gathering.

This is a curio cabinet that held alot of my grandmother's trinkets and wedding cake toppers of her children. After the fire, this cabinet was completely sealed shut, the only way to open it will be to break the glass. This cabinet is the dinning room, which is on the other side of where the fire started.


These are more pics of my grandparents the day of their 60th wedding anniversary, sitting in the dinning room. all of the flowers/plants behind my grandmother were tossed out of the window so that the fire department could put out the fire. Grandma was saddened by that, me too. Gardening around the house (and everyone elses house too) is one of her favorite past times. She said that she may just give it up. I hope not.

Overall, it was a difficult day. Today will be filled with more errands, medicine pickups, etc. so no outfit post today. I am just truly blessed that all of my family was safe. The house can be replaced, but their lives can not be. Also in the home are my aunt and uncle and their 3 children, all of whom are fine and safe. Sure, there is plenty of sadness of the loss of the house (which I am sure I will mourn for years to come, hunh - I mourned when they changed their telephone number after 30+ years.). but we are a strong family who will work through this. Its good to have a place to let this all out. I guess this is what the blog is for. I thought about not sharing this but my family is so much apart of my life, how could I not write something. Maybe I will let it stay up, maybe I will remove it later (as not to make the blog so "heavy" and sad).
But for now, this is my blog entry for today.