Paisley is doing okay. She found some pictures and her journal in her room and seemed to take a lot of comfort from finding those. Her room is just unrecognizable. It is amazing. You can hardly tell what you are looking at.
Even though the fire was confined to her room, the heat wasn’t. I found a calandar hanging in the hall by my bedroom door and it was ripped and charred. There are plastic things in the little kids’ room that are melted. This is the room farthest from Paisley’s room.
Miraculously, the school room, right next to Paisley’s room, even the other side of the wall from where they think the fire started – is the least damaged, and the corner where my pictures are kept… is smoke damaged but intact!!!! My pictures will be okay!!!! My guardian angel must have gotten me safely out of the house and flown up to protect these treasures of my heart! Thank you, God!!!
I will keep you posted as things happen, there is not much else for me to do. I can’t be at the hosue because I don’t want Max exposed to the fumes. I had to wear a mask just to go inside, and even then it was horrible! Jay has been there most of the day to let construction, cleaning and insurance people in and out. Neither of us could sleep last night just thinking of the possibilities. Tessa had a fretful night too, and has become more and more clingy.
Paisley and James are going back to school tomorrow. I think they want some normality to their lives and they need the support of their friends right now.
You know, if this had to happen to anyone, we were good people for to happen to. We are surrounded by incredibly loving and supportive friends and family. God is incredibly good to us. I don’t know if it is just that I am in shock or if it is that we are so insulated by the love of our friends – I just can’t be very upset right now. It all boils down to an incredible inconvenience. And even though there will be some things that will be missed eventually, we have wanted for nothing so far. (Except for pillows – but that was the fault of the hotel.) There are so many out there who have no one. Max’s (future) Godfather showed up on the scene before the fire was even out just o make sure that we were okay and offer his help!