What is truly important in your life?

Hi Gio .. thank goodness they got out and are safe. I expect they are in shock - that takes a while to adjust. It’s much worse if you’ve a family to look after and have just literally lost everything. As you thought about .. with your fires .. horrific possibilities - and you had to cope on your own.

Your family is the most important thing, and pets … perhaps your idea of a brief case of precious papers, photos etc & pc is a thought - but only if you’re in the ‘lucky’ position of being given an evacuation notice - normally that doesn’t happen in the case of an emergency.

I just hope they can recover from their ashes - I’m sure they will given time, support and love from family and friends .. they’ll never forget .. but at least they’re together.

Thinking you them ..
Hilary Melton-Butcher
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Hi Giovanna,
I’m glad to hear they are safe. What a difficult experience to endure.

What really is important to me? My laptop computer - because of all the family pictures and other memories I have stored on there. A safe with some important paperwork. A couple of art projects my children have done. Our family pet. Beyond all of that - if we still have our lives, I’d be pretty relieved.

When I was in college my best friend’s house burned down. It was terrible to watch someone go through losing almost all of her possessions. If I had 5 minutes to grab stuff before my apartment was engulfed in flames, I would grab my dog, my computer, and the box that holds all of my important documents. Thinking about this makes me realize how unimportant all of the other things are…

Wow, what a sobering thought. As I was reading I was thinking “what would I grab?” I actually could not latch onto any one thing (kids and animals are obvious). My mind raced around to everything I have. That made me wonder if I have too much “stuff.” My neighbor’s house burned down a few years ago. I think I’ll ask her if, in retrospect, she has done things differently (in terms of organizing). Thanks for the story. i really need to get those important papers to the safety deposit box I purchased 6 months ago.

Helen

I thought about this when I had to evacuate during the last fire. I took nothing with me. The only thing that seemed important was life, not things. There’s much I would have missed, but obviously not enough to pack it in the car.

I have been shocked by the incident of your friend and about the five minutos to calibrate what it is important to me and to choose the essential things I would take without given it a second thought and frankly I would take my parrot and personal documents if I can do it without risk;- other material things would not be a huge issue for me. I will be more concerned about my whole family be safe and with me. That would be truly importante to me at that moment. Things can be recover but not life.

Hi Giovanna,

How awful for this to happen - it’s the kind of thing that’s supposed to happen to ‘other people’ until it happens to you…

I’d take my family, my dog, and if there’s time, the fish. All the living things. If there’s time, my 8 journals, because these are irreplaceable and will one day remind me who I was. Oh, and if there’s more time - my handbag because my whole life is in there

Glad to know your friends are safe, and that you too escaped unharmed all those years ago. Life is so fragile.

Hi Giovanna,

May your friends be able to create a new life with ease. It is a huge blessing that no one was hurt and that same holds true for you when you house was under threat of fire.

If something like that was happening at our home, I would grab my husband and my handbag. Everything else can be replaced.

That is harsh to loose so much, something from differening circumstances I have come to know.
I am glad your friends came through ok, and life will rebuild around them, they still have so much more than possesions.
For my case I dont think there is anything I would rip from the fire as long as those that were there are safe nothing else matters

Hi Giovanna,

I guess I would grab the photo albums of early photos that aren’t online and my computer backup drive (which probably shouldn’t be in my house in the first place). It’s actually good to know that I don’t have any possessions that I value that much.

Giovanna, They got the important things out, the family. things can be replaced. If you have the important papers in a fireproof lock box they should be ok and you can come back for them. What else is there. The rest is replaceable for the most part. Thank goodness for the person knocking on the door saying your house is on fire or they might not even have their lives.
Dan and Deanna “Marketing Unscrambled”

Nothing ever replaces the people in our life.

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