We Made it Kind of Merry.

[charlie sherrill]

We were supposed to go to my daughter in-laws house for Christmas Eve dinner. That didn't work because the in-laws house burned down the night before. My daughters MIL was with her and other family members at family Christmas party on Friday the 23 rd. They got a call that the house was on fire. It pretty much gutted the house. The house was mostly totaled. My daughter had hidden my grand children's Christmas presents there. All gone. We managed to replace most of that yesterday. The in-laws are doing well and have what the need for now but it's going to be a long process to get back to normal.

 

[wilkoi]

Best wishes for the whole family while everyone tries to get back to some sense of normal. Be well all.

 

[sureshotbob]

Charlie I'm sorry for your family's loss at a tough time of the year.
Thankfully nobody was hurt material things can be replaced.
Sorry but I just could not like your post.

 

[lawandorder]

Charlie so sorry for your Daughter's in-law's loss. It is devastating to loose everything but the clothes on your back (& the revolver in your pocket) but pretty quickly you remember to be thankful no one was harmed, stuff can be replaced.

Hope 2023 brings many blessings to you and all your family.
Tony

 

[desi2358]

Sorry to hear of the loss but at least no one was hurt. Things are replaceable, people aren't. Praying that things will come together for them and that a better, trouble free, year will be their future

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Went through a medium house fire in February 5, 1985. Moved back in Labor Day weekend. The 6 of us lived with my M-I-L for the duration.

The insurance adjusters make all the difference.

When the contractors try and cheap out on replacements, you either make them do it right or take a credit off their bill and use it to cover the deductible or pay for an Extra/upgrade!

Currently major kitchen appliances are in short supply, get what you want on order ASAP!

Lastly, some things are easily replaced, some are impossible! But people and relationship are what really matter!

Glad the Truely things all survived!

Ivan

 

[chuckie]

Sorry that this happened to the family. I always enjoy reading your stories but not this one.

 

[raljr1]

That has to be one of the most difficult things to deal with. I cannot imagine. I wish the best for them.

 

[llowry61]

I am glad to hear all are safe, and the kids got a Christmas. As others have said the important thing is you are all here safe and sound to rebuild.

 

[old bear]

Wishing everyone the best of luck during this trying time.

 

[NFrameFred]

It's not worth much, but I hurt for you. Being a father and a grandfather you just can't spare those you love of some of life's troubles and it's painful.


No loss of life. Most "things" can be replaced. There are blessings to count.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Many years ago I was on a volunteer fire dept. Mostly grass fires but we fought 2 house fires. Managed to save the foundation of both.

 

[Krogen]

Oh my. What a horrible thing to happen this time of year; any time of year for that matter. The family's strength and courage is being tested; and strained. It's a rough road they're on.

 

[soFlaNative]

That's a tough one.
Families that can pull together at times like this are priceless.
God Bless.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

One of the replacement items that can never purchased, but can become a gift are family photographs! It is truly a labor of love, going around to other family members and getting copies of family photos!

Make an album with one page per subject (Grandmas house, grandpa's plow horses, family pets) They can give you duplicates or, run to the photo department a Walmart and have a copy made. Then after a year or two you gift them several generations of memories!

Ivan

For a year now, I've been introducing my grandkids to my grandparents and great and even my great great grandparents! Showing my 12 year old grandson, their great great grandfather when he was 12 (in the year 1900) really made an impression on them! Saying that if he was alive he is exactly 122 years older than you! Showing them a copy of their Great Great Great Grandfather, coming home from the Civil War, really means something!

 

[Golddollar]

One of the replacement items that can never purchased, but can become a gift are family photographs! It is truly a labor of love, going around to other family members and getting copies of family photos!

Make an album with one page per subject (Grandmas house, grandpa's plow horses, family pets) They can give you duplicates or, run to the photo department a Walmart and have a copy made. Then after a year or two you gift them several generations of memories!

Ivan

For a year now, I've been introducing my grandkids to my grandparents and great and even my great great grandparents! Showing my 12 year old grandson, their great great grandfather when he was 12 (in the year 1900) really made an impression on them! Saying that if he was alive he is exactly 122 years older than you! Showing them a copy of their Great Great Great Grandfather, coming home from the Civil War, really means something!

Ivan, our families must think alike. My late mother, with arthritis in her hands, did this very thing for me, my siblings and my oldest nephew (my other nephew was born after my mother died). She got pictures back to one set of great grandparents on each side of the family. Mom had set each album up with the school pictures of my siblings and me, and baby pictures of my nephew. And what was really amazing is that she saved enough of the family photo Christmas cards from decades to include those in each album too. I can't imagine how many hours she must have spent to put these together. But I have a first hand idea of the work involved because I did the lettering on a lot of the photos because of the arthritis in Mom's hands.

Thanks to the foundation that my mother made, I was able to customize my album with my own life events that occurred after she assembled the original album, and start coming up with other specialized albums of photos and newspaper clippings like for my chili cookoffs.