Tag Archives: reactions

One Year Anniversary (99)

Posted on May 13, 2012 by shoshwrites3

As I write this chapter, it is exactly one year since I got the call from my neighbor, while I was getting off the airplane, telling me there was a fire at my house and my son was on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Change, Depression, Family Crisis, House Fire, My Life, Personal Memoir, Son, Stress, Turkey, Uncategorized | Tagged BAMC, Bastrop fires, Brooke Army Medical Center, change, daughter, dogs, empty nest, father's death, fire, fire anniversary, house, immigration laws, insurance, miscarriage, my life, personal memoir, post-trauma stress, reactions, smoke inhalation, son, son's depression | 3 Comments

Lessons learned? (55)

Posted on September 1, 2011 by shoshwrites3

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 | Leave a comment

You’re writing a what? (41)

Posted on August 7, 2011 by shoshwrites3

That’s one of the reactions I get when I mention my blog. It’s kind of like a journal of everything I’m going through since my house fire, I say. Oh. Some are immediately interested and ask for the link. Others … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Family, Friends, My Life, Personal Memoir, Son, Writing | Tagged family, house, my life, personal memoir, reactions, son, writing | 2 Comments

Everybody has a fire story (36)

Posted on August 1, 2011 by shoshwrites3

When you go through an important event, especially a loss, it’s almost as if you become a member of an exclusive new club. Everyone who has had a similar experience shares it with you. When I suffered a miscarriage, many … Continue reading →

Posted in California, Colleagues, House Fire, My Life, Old Fire, Personal Memoir, San Bernardino | Tagged California, fire, fire stories, my life, Old Fire, personal memoir, reactions, San Bernardino | 10 Comments

Delayed Reactions (23)

Posted on July 18, 2011 by shoshwrites3

Family, close friends, and colleagues heard about my house fire very quickly. Now that I’m writing a blog about my house fire and how it is affecting my life, I want readers. It’s still a bit scary to put my … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Colleagues, Facebook, Friends, House Fire, Jewish, My Life, New Beginning, Personal Memoir, Relationships, Social Media, Uncategorized | Tagged California, facebook, fire, friends, Germany, Jewish, my life, personal memoir, reactions, teaching, Texas | 3 Comments

Bitch (21)

Posted on July 16, 2011 by shoshwrites3

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 | 5 Comments

A new normal (14)

Posted on July 7, 2011 by shoshwrites3

The first morning I wake up in the rental house, I am disoriented. I don’t remember where I am. Then the dogs come running into my room, bouncy and wagging tails, much too energetic for me in the morning. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Change, Colleagues, Dogs, Family Crisis, House, House Fire, Insurance, Money Issues, My Life, New Beginning, Personal Memoir, Rescue Dogs, Shopping, Uncategorized, Work Life | Tagged Buddy, colleagues, comfort, fire, flowers, fresh start, house, insurance, kitchen, money, my life, personal memoir, reactions, rescue dogs, Rosie, Target, work life | 2 Comments

All Gone (8)

Posted on July 1, 2011 by shoshwrites3

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 | 7 Comments

First Reactions (7)

Posted on June 30, 2011 by shoshwrites3

When you’re going through a crisis of any kind, it becomes a world unto itself. Time and space take on a different dimension. People outside the crisis exist in some blurry, dream-like pre-crisis world. Or at least that was my … Continue reading →

Posted in Colleagues, Family, Family Crisis, House, House Fire, House Sale, My Life, Personal Memoir, Realtors, Relationships, Uncategorized | Tagged colleagues, family, fire, fire stories, house, kitchen, my life, neighbors, personal memoir, reactions, realtors | 5 Comments