Rebuilding house and life after a fire
This blog is a journal about a challenging time in my life due to a house fire, my son's depression, and beginning my empty nest stage of life. The fire at my house occured exactly 6 weeks before the first entry, and reliving it through writing is both difficult and helpful.The journal has caught up to real time now, but I do look back now and then to reflect and add perspective.Archives
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Deja vu (101)
The past week I had an eerie feeling of deja vu. My daughter Sarah was soon to return home for the summer, just as she had last year about this time, and she was returning to a unknown house and a … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter, Depression, Downscaling, My Life, New Beginning, Personal Memoir
Tagged daughter, deja-vu, Downscaling, empty nest, family, fire, house, insurance, moving, my life, personal memoir, son, son's depression
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Dry, dry, dry again (78)
One of the silver linings to the house fire and restoration is that the insurance paid for all new kitchen appliances. My washer and dryer, though, were reportedly in working condition after being taken apart, cleaned, and put back together. After about … Continue reading
Posted in Contractor, Daughter, Moving, My Life, Personal Memoir, Personal Property, Son
Tagged bird's nest, contractor, daughter, dogs, dryer, fire, house, insurance, moving, my life, personal memoir, son
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It’s in storage (67)
Answer: It’s in storage. Question: Do you have . . .? After five months, my unusual living situation has started to feel normal. I’ve gotten used to going without a lot of my stuff. I have the basics, and while … Continue reading
Posted in Daughter, Food, My Life, Personal Memoir, Personal Property, Son, Weight Loss
Tagged co-op, daughter, empty nest, house, insurance, Jewish holidays, kitchen, moving, my life, personal memoir, recipes, scales, son, storage, weight loss
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A new year, a new beginning (64)
Jews welcomed a new year at sundown on Wednesday. Jewish holidays go from sundown to sundown (and there was night and there was morning) and are dated according to a lunar calendar, which is why the Jewish holidays land on … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, College, Daughter, Depression, Family, Holidays, House Fire, House Sale, Interior design, Jewish, My Life, New Beginning, Personal Memoir, Personal Property, Uncategorized
Tagged college, comfort, daughter, empty nest, family, fire, furniture, house, insurance, Jewish holidays, money, my life, New Year, personal memoir, Rosh Hashanah, son, son's depression
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Creeping forward (58)
Slowly, ever so slowly, I sense progress, a hint of moving forward in rebuilding house and life. Picking up my mail this week, I decide to peek inside the house to see if anything has changed recently. There had been … Continue reading
Posted in College, Contractor, Daughter, House, House Fire, Insurance, My Life, Personal Memoir, Personal Property, Rebuilding, Son
Tagged contractor, daughter, family, fire, furniture, house, insurance, money, my life, personal memoir, real estate, son, son's depression
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Lessons learned? (55)
Some people believe that everything happens for a reason. Others think every event is purely random and meaningless. I guess my own view is somewhere between the two extremes. I tend to analyze the cause and effect of situations, over-analyze … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Change, Colleagues, Daughter, Dogs, Friends, Insurance, My Life, Personal Memoir, Personal Property, Rebuilding, Son, Spanish
Tagged Buddy, colleagues, comfort, daughter, ER, fire, gas leak, house, insurance, my life, personal memoir, reactions, Rosie, smoke inhalation, son
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The Empty Nest (53)
Just before my daughter left for college last year, my doctor warned me that I might feel down for a while. It’s normal, she said, when the last kid leaves home for mothers to feel a little depressed. That’s ok, … Continue reading
Posted in Change, College, Daughter, Depression, Dogs, House, House Fire, My Life, New Beginning, Personal Memoir, Shopping, Son
Tagged being single, daughter, dogs, empty nest, fire, Florida, house, kitchen, my life, personal memoir, single parent, son
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The Big Five-Oh (50)
Fifty. A half century. Jubilee year. Golden anniversary. The big five-oh. I started thinking about the significance of this number when I realized I was coming to my 50th blog post. I can hardly believe I’ve written so many, and … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Daughter, Family, House Fire, My Life, New Beginning, Personal Memoir, Son, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged AA, age, being single, blog, daughter, empty nest, family, fifty, fire, my life, personal memoir, son, son's depression, writing
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After the Fire: Rebuilding house and life 