Well
that was an interesting text to wake up to.
Actually I was already awake and dressed to go to water exercise class
and in the beginning stages of a blog entry when the text came through. All it said was, “My garage caught
fire.” That’s it. No details included. Curious, I asked the expected question,
“Everybody OK?” Once that was settled,
Chris and I began changing clothes for a drive up to Texas City where Anne and
Eric live. We stopped and got a dozen
donuts for them in case they hadn’t had time to eat (and a dozen donut holes
for Cedric, of course).
As
we pulled up the fire engine and fire marshal were pulling away, which we took
as a good sign. We went to the front
door first, but when there was no answer we assumed they were around back at
the garage. We made our way back there
and surveyed the damage. Looks like the
back wall was the obvious place of origin.
Apparently a power tool battery charger was the culprit. Guess I need to go unplug the one I have set
up in our garage. A situation like that
here would involve the entire house (their garage is detached).
Anne
took Cedric on to daycare and we started in on clearing stuff out. The insurance agent told them over the phone they
could go ahead and get started as long as they took pictures of
everything. It was an interesting and
often sad morning. Most of their Christmas
ornaments and Halloween decorations were gone.
Many times we couldn’t even tell what an object was. It just looked like a blob of plastic. Eric did figure out, though, that some of
those plastic blobs were his collectible action figures and comic books. Anne lost some dolls that were pretty special
to her, but they learned, as we did after Hurricane Ike, that ultimately the
things they lost were just stuff. They
were all OK (even the cats). Tough
lesson, but life counts.
We
worked for several hours until the sun was high in the sky and hot. We prayed together and Chris and I headed
home to rehydrate and crash for the afternoon.
Pray for Anne and Eric and Cedric.
Romans
12:12 says, “Be joyful in hope, patient
in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
Father,
walk with the Geswender family as they deal with insurance companies and
contractors in the days to come. Amen.
2 comments:
I want to thank you both so much for being there for them! It is hard living so far away when things like this happen. It certainly eases my mind to know that you are there for them.
Yes, I agree with Bonnie. Thank you both for being so quick to step in at that crucial time. Praying a shower of blessings for you.
Post a Comment