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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Two Years Out (104)
Has it really been two years since the fire? Just a couple of weeks ago I was thinking about how people get through bad events in their lives – it was the week of the Boston Marathon bomb and West, … Continue reading
Posted in House Fire, Uncategorized
Tagged Buddy, daughter, dogs, Downscaling, empty nest, family, fire, moving, my life, neighbors, personal memoir, Rosie, son
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Traveling again (24)
I’m about to leave on another business trip and I’m feeling anxious. It’s been about six weeks since I returned from the last trip and got that call from my neighbor David about the fire in the house and my son on … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Colleagues, Contractor, Daughter, Depression, Dogs, Family, House, House Fire, Insurance, My Life, Personal Memoir, Personal Property, Post-Trauma Stress, Relationships, Son, Stress, Temporary Accommodations, Travel, Uncategorized, Work Life
Tagged colleagues, contractor, daughter, ER, family, fire, house, insurance, my life, neighbors, personal memoir, son, son's depression, work life
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Bitch (21)
Grumpy. Cranky. Out-of-sorts. Bitch. That’s how I feel these days and probably how other people think of me, at least some of the time. There’s nothing like dealing with incompetence to make me spin into bitch mode. Pre-fire, I tried to practice … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Colleagues, Contractor, Depression, Dogs, Family, House, House Fire, My Life, New Beginning, Personal Memoir, Relationships, Rescue Dogs, Son, Stress, Technology, Therapy, Uncategorized
Tagged Buddy, cable TV, colleagues, computer, family, iPhone, my life, neighbors, personal memoir, reactions, Rosie, son, son's depression, technology, therapy
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And the girl makes three (15)
Jacob began Taekwondo at age 10; by 13 he had his first-degree black belt. He continued with Taekwondo when we moved to Austin in 2004, and to encourage him as well as spend more time with my teenaged son, I … Continue reading
Posted in College, Daughter, Depression, Family, Family Crisis, House, House Fire, Martial Arts, My Life, Personal Memoir, Relationships, Son, Uncategorized
Tagged bonding, daughter, family, house, martial arts, my life, neighbors, personal memoir, son, Taekwondo
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Renting again (13)
After eleven years, I am a renter again. There is a landlord to answer to and if one of us spills something on the carpet, it’s not going to be good. I’m not happy to be renting, but I am happy … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs, Family, Family Crisis, Hospital, Hotel, House, House Fire, Insurance, Money Issues, My Life, Personal Memoir, Rescue Dogs, Son, Temporary Accommodations, Uncategorized
Tagged Buddy, ER, family, fire, house, insurance, money, my life, neighbors, personal memoir, rescue dogs, son
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My ‘summer’ home (12)
The Temporary Accommodations people have found us a rental house! All I need to do is approve it. After a week at the extended-stay hotel, I am more than ready to move into a permanent temporary place, an oxymoron of sorts, but … Continue reading
Posted in Austin Community College, College, Daughter, Depression, Dogs, Family, Family Crisis, Hospital, Hotel, House, House Fire, Insurance, My Life, Personal Memoir, Post-Trauma Stress, Relationships, Son, Temporary Accommodations, Therapy, Uncategorized
Tagged college, community college, daughter, family, fire, Florida, hospital, house, insurance, my life, neighbors, personal memoir, rescue dogs, son, son's depression, therapy
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Temporary Accommodations (9)
It is time to move. My neighbors have been great, but living next door to my burnt house is too intense for me. Also, I’ve gotten used to living alone or with just one adult child most of the time. … Continue reading
Posted in Family Crisis, Hotel, House, House Fire, Insurance, Money Issues, My Life, Personal Memoir, service industry, Temporary Accommodations, Uncategorized, Work Life
Tagged Burn Notice, comfort, fire, house, insurance, my life, neighbors, personal memoir, service industry, tea, work life
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All Gone (8)
It’s been five days since the fire. Today I meet with the insurance appraiser and the general contractor to go through my house. I arrange to work from home, naively thinking that the meeting will be just an hour and … Continue reading
Posted in Contractor, Family Crisis, Firefighters, House, House Fire, Insurance, My Life, Personal Memoir, Personal Property, Uncategorized
Tagged contractor, family, fire, house, insurance, kitchen, my life, neighbors, personal memoir, reactions, smoke damage
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After the Fire: Rebuilding house and life 