The Fire: What's the Damage?

The Fire: What's the Damage?

By my estimation, the fire in our house was probably burning for 5-10 minutes. And honestly, I think it was on the low end of that.

So let's say 7 minutes. How much damage do you think a fire could do to a (pretty good-sized) house in 7 minutes? Especially when the fire itself was almost entirely contained to one room? Well...

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The Fire: What Happened

The Fire: What Happened

I don't know why, but I feel nervous about writing this.

Maybe because it's still pretty fresh, and everything is still very much unsettled, and I am still very much unsettled. Maybe because it's just such a big and important story, and I don't trust myself to do it justice. Or maybe because it's been a while (hello, blog!) and I just feel a little rusty when it comes to writing about personal things.

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