Regina's Fire

I had intended to delete the following but I still get questions about how my daughter is doing so, until the house is back up...I thought I'd leave it. She should be in her new house by January. Perhaps I'll post pictures of the House Blessing.

The whole process has been an amazing magickal journey. Four homes were damaged, three insurance companies were involved, three contractors, three adjusters, seven investigators, the homeowners association, the fire department, her employer, dozens of family and friends who showed support...And not a fight or law suit among them. The words kept coming up over and over...it was wierd...as if by magick...a miracle that things each person needed...suddenly was easily made available to them. Everyone got along, agreed on one contractor and my goal of my daughter not being hurt one bit more than she already had...was realized...with the love and support of my circle of magickal friends.

I thought for fun, I'd post the TOP "TEN" list my husband wrote the day after the fire. We were all so numb...we moved as if we were blind, especially Gina. He did it out of that feeling that one can get when things can go so rediculously wrong...that you almost have to laugh, it's is so hard to wrap your head around it. It is still one fo the funniest things I've ever read. Just a bit of explanation regarding the references...#11 - Sears capped the gas line when they put in her new electric dryer. #10 - My old news station reported...without sources...because the home was owned by a black woman...that the explosion might have been the result of a Meth-Amphetimine lab. (Grrrrrrrr) #6 - I was carefully carrying a box of blue lead-crystal glasses that has survived, when I was ONE INCH away from safely setting them on the ground, the box they were in came unglued and one glass rolled onto the cement...and broke.

Top Eleven Things I Learned From Regina’s Tragedy;

11. There is no God who would allow such and awful thing to happen. But if there is, he really needs to do something about that Sears.

10. If you’re black, and your condo blows up – clearly you had to be running a meth-lab. And the dozens of beloved friends that come out to help you really just want to know why they weren’t included in the lucrative fun.

9. The Beatles were right, all you need is love. And underwear. And a cell phone charger. But mostly, love.

8. The security and cleanup crew is very adept at coding the gate locks with the most unbreakable numerical locking system so that no one may – oh, never-mind, if you know what year it is, you’re in.

7. We can no longer accuse insurance companies of being difficult and frugal, especially when they’re willing to pick up the tab at an IHOP.

6. Exotic fragile glassware can survive explosions, burning, intense heat, and pressurized water hoses… Just not concrete. And idiots near concrete. Apparently.

5. It’s fun to begin all of your telephone conversations with; “Um yes, my uh...house blew up yesterday? So I need a new blah blah blah…” Just to mess with the listener.

4. Keeping your important documents bagged and in the freezer is an excellent idea… but you gotta watch out for that melted ice cream.

3. The upside of all of this, is that our DVD Check-out system has finally proven it’s worth. We know exactly which of our DVD's died in the fire.

2. While mostly everything else is in ruins, you can count on - coasters - to make it out of the place, just fine.

And the Number One thing I learned from Regina's Tragedy was...

1. After any catastrophic disaster, especially the ones where a woman loses everything in the world, one of her first duties the following day...is hitting the shoe store.