This is to open the conversation on our lives and what we are making of it. Two months ago I lost everything in a house fire. Everything other than the clothes I was wearing at the time. I lost everything. I lost photos, videos, books, clothes, Important papers, phone numbers and addresses. I lost my pets, one of which, Chase my dog, alerted me to the fire. If not for him I would be dead. Needless to say this was a tragic day for me. But in the midst of all that destruction came the intangibles that we seldom think about. I had no shoes and a neighbor went and got me some socks and shoes to wear. Another got me a chair to sit in as I watched the fire destroy my home. One neighbor saw the house on fire, saw the tires of my car in the garage and was going to go and get me out of my house because she did not see me and figured I was still in the house. Her husband had to hold her back. She had tears in her eyes when she saw me coming out from the back of the house with a police officer who found me in the backyard. My son and my sister driving for 2 hours to get me to the safety of family. I could go on and on about the family, friends and neighbors who took care of me at a very traumatic time for me. There are so many people who worked to see that I was cared for from firefighters to insurance agents (Nationwide is on your side!), to friends and family and people I had only known from seeing them when I walked my dog. We are looked after by more people than we will ever know and so I have decided to take this opportunity and live my life to the fullest and to acknowledge every kindness and to pay it forward when I can.
So dear reader feel free to take courage from these words of mine and live your life to the fullest. Let others know of your good fortune and tell those you love how much they mean to you.
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