Comments on: No one saw it coming

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:43:53 +0000

Thank you all for your caring and healing words. My dad is actually doing pretty great, considering. It’s a traumatic loss for all of us. Massively inconvenient for those who lived there, frigtening in its suddenness and the need to run for their lives, and emotional for the rest of us. We moved there in 1967 when I was 10 years old. It wasn’t much of a house, just a crackerbox tract home, built as cheaply as possible in the ’50s or ’60s, but there sure was a lot of love there. It’s true we invest a lot of energy into the things around us, so a house we’d known that long holds a lot more than things. I’ve suggested to the family we give the house a funeral. Anyway, thanks again. The family is on the healing path now, it will just take a while for everyone to get back to normal.

By: violetismycolor

violetismycolor — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 05:48:34 +0000

OMG! How horrible. So glad that he’s okay though.

By: cas

cas — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:19:47 +0000

My heart goes out to all of you. And I’m so happy for you that everyone is safe, even the dog.

Cas

By: susan

susan — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 04:18:47 +0000

In the past few weeks I had read The Consolation of Philosophy which points out the transitory nature of happiness from material things. But there is no way to not hurt from the loss of things and places that surround us with meaning and memory. I only hope that what comes to replace home and possessions becomes as filled with good memories as well.

By: For The Trees

For The Trees — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 02:20:26 +0000

Oh, Barbara…such a loss! I’m just thankful everybody got out okay.

The real tragedy is losing all the mementos, the house itself, and the memories are all you have left. Now it’s up to you to keep the memories alive.

So sorry to hear about it.

By: Eric Mayer

Eric Mayer — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 01:17:50 +0000

Very sorry to hear such terrible and shocking news. My aunt and uncle lost their home to a flood once. Losing a home is awfully painful. People sometimes don’t grasp. A home isn’t just the physical structure. The people are ultimately what’s important, though.