Hi Mr. McDowell, this picture was taken in 01-2000
at my home we had a house fire about 8-9 days before this picture was taken.
The day I took this picture was the first time we had been allowed back in the house
due to safety reasons. the insurance company
was sending someone out to board the place up so the agreed to let us in while
they were there. The fire was really awful it got
so hot it melted bath tubs and mirrors in the master bedroom where the fire
originated.
I was not home when the fire started but
my husband and kids were. they were all in the kids bedroom when my husband
thought he heard someone running in the other
part of the house knowing the kids were in the rooms he went to check it out.
that he when he saw the flames . he was able to
get himself and the kids to safety. and that was it everything else was lost
including our cat.
The day they let us back in we weren't
allowed in the master bedroom because the floors were burnt thru. But I saw a
tin popcorn can! on the floor sitting on one of
the support beams. It was completely unharmed. Inside of it was pictures. Including the only ones of my grandpa who had died
a few years prior, and my husbands baby girl who died at 6mo old almost 12 yrs
prior. There was no light in the house when
this was taken as they had boarded up the windows, no one was smoking, it was
taken with a 35 mm disposable camera
with no strap, but did have a flash. When I got the pictures back this was the
only one like this, when I had it scanned to the computer in the spot where you name the pictures, before I got a chance to type in
anything it popped up as grandpa001. Thank you
for looking at it.
I would love to have you share it on the site and you may list it as
anonymous or use my
name which ever you think is best. I would so very much like to meet others who
have had similar experiences. Maybe
someone who can teach me how to better understand how to better notice my
surroundings. Again sir thank you very much.
