In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Burnt.”
Remember this prompt, when your home was on fire and you got to save five items? That means you left a lot of stuff behind. What are the things you wish you could have taken, but had to leave behind? ~ Daily Prompt 1/30/2015
Yesterday my house was suppose to be on fire and I was suppose to grab five things to take out with me (the family and pets were already safe). I wrote that I had been in a house fire before and that you do not take five things with you, you simply get out.
Today I am going to write about those five things I was suppose to grab and take with me and other things I would feel the loss of if they burned.
First, I would mourn the loss of my purse
Second, I would mourn the loss of my iPad and blue tooth keyboard because that is what I do all my computer work on.
Third, I would miss my camera, even though it isn’t the best on the market, it is the best for me at this time of my (no)skills of photography.
Fourth, I would miss all my art paraphernalia; pencils, erasers, measurement devices, circle templates, line drawing devices, special drawing pads, books, rulers, leads, etc.
Fifth, I would miss my clothing. Although my clothing is nothing special you don’t realize how important it is until everything you own (and wear, including under garments) are all burned and you have nothing to wear except the clothes on your back. (In my case, I was asleep when it happened so I had on a nightgown). As a footnote, the day after this fire happened, I had to call my employer and tell him I couldn’t come to work because I had nothing to wear (because of a fire) and I was fired (and he was fired shortly after).
Sixth, (this should be higher on the list, but it didn’t occur to me until now), I would mourn the loss of all my paper photographs and photograph albums.
Seventh, I would miss my Password Vault.
Eighth, I would celebrate life. I would celebrate that I was still alive and that the things I mentioned above are all replaceable except the paper pictures. Yes, I may mourn the things that I have lost in the fire but I will celebrate that which did not perish. Me.
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Very well . Let’s celebrate . To You. *cheers* 🙂
OH PJ, I am so sorry that it appears you lost everything in your fire. Can’t beleive you got fired on top of that horrible event! So glad the one that fired you go fired too!! Good post, especially the end!! YES so glad that you were saved!!! The world is a better place because of you!
Ohhh thank you so much JR. That really is a sweet thing to say. It makes me feel good. Yes, the man was fired shortly after me. He deserved it. I didn’t. LOL!!
Such an uplifting and inspiring post PJ! Brought a smile to my face and warmed my heart to know that, in the end, you realize what is important above all the material things. You are a very special lady!
Ahh thank you Jodi and I feel the exact same way about you! I am so happy that I have met you on WordPress! We are going to “kill” the Poets class! 😉 haha!
Very nice moral of the story. It must be hard to lose all those things and start all over. And I can imagine you really do appreciate every little thing you owned. But your safety and health is what matters the most 🙂
Yes, those things can be replaced except for the photo albums. The main thing is to make sure all people and animals are saved.
Can’t believe your boss got fired too, Karma 😀 . And PJ, that is a lot of things you mentioned in your list ;). But it must have been saddening to wake up and find everything you own burnt, for that , sorry.
Yes, it is very sad. All my clothes (including underwear) were all burned. Everything I owned was burned up. The important thing is, I got out alive. It could have been so much worse because I was sound asleep when the fire started.
Thank God, none of you got hurt!
Yes. I was the only one at home at the time. So, that was a good thing.
Interesting take on the topic PJ in both your posts 🙂
Thanks Ruchi!!
That is exactly what I would be celebrating. All those things to mourn…could be replaced but maybe the photographs. But you…you are not replaceable.
That’s true. We are not replaceable, but “things” are. 🙂