What if?

I’m not one for “what ifs”, but since the night of the fire, there are a million thoughts running through my head about what happened and how it could have had a different outcome. So, out of that, I want to share some ideas of things I’ll manage differently moving forward.

Heirloom Jewelry. I lost some lovely, sentimental pieces of jewelry in the fire, including the diamond earrings my mom gave me on my wedding day. I was the fourth generation of women in the family to have worn them. There was also the cocktail ring that belonged to my great-aunt Doc,an amazing woman who challenged the system and went to medical school back in the 1930s. We spent an entire day searching for these pieces and found nothing. It would have been simple enough to have a small fireproof safe in my bedroom that could have changed that outcome.

I will be getting a small, fireproof safe for our next home.

The Cloud. I wish I would have backed up more things to a cloud, because we’d have a chance to save more family photos, phone contacts and other archived material from our lives. We were lucky enough to find some photos from nine years ago in a Shutterfly album, which was a fun little treasure to find.

Home Inventory. It wouldn’t have been that difficult to take some quick digital photos or video of our home. It would have helped as we try to inventory our personal property and remember what we lost. It also would have been helpful to have in the rebuilding process so we could accurately describe some of our home’s features that we love.

Fire Plan. We were lucky that we were able to get out of our house safely. The fire investigator said it easily could have had a different outcome. We hadn’t ever really talked about a plan in the event of a fire. Had we all been asleep, or if the kids were home alone, some preparation like this could have made the difference.
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