There was a fire....(pictures on pg 3)

[slleipnir]

My dad got a call this morning..."your cottage is on fire"

I thought he was joking. I decided to go with him to check it out. I had in mind a small fire, easily undercontrol.

We get there and all I can see is smoke. My heart just sake when I saw my precious cottage in flames....the whole front of it is burnt to nothing...by the time we left the whole inside was gone. The fire dept are still working on it, but dad needed to make some calls. The odd thing is we had everything off...the furnace, everything. We hadn;t stayed there in over a month. PLUS it rained all night...so I don't see how it happened!

The important thing is no one was inside....but I'm so terribly upset right now. I can't stop crying. I know you're probably thinking it's just a cottage, not your house...but it's more than that for me. I have so so many memories there....I remember when I was small, I would go visit my granny there...she would sit out on her lawn chair...man, she loved that place so much. My dad pretty much spent every summer there...it was a family thing. The last while I would take the dogs out there and spend some time by myself with the dogs. It was so peaceful and relaxing out there. I even had friends over for a party a few months ago. We had so much fun....Me and my mom would spend dtime out there....I even take my dogs running all the time out there off leash because it's so quiet. It means so much to me. And now it's gone. We don't have a ton of money to build a new one...and even if we did, it was the old one that ment so much to me.

I never thought this could happen to me...When I was a kid I use to always worry my house would catch fire. It's always been one of my biggest fears.

I feel so sad right now...like a big piece of me is gone.

Sorry if this doesn't make much sense...I'm not thinking good right now

[dukedogsmom]

I'm so very sorry. I know how places can become special to us. There's a lake in Tennessee that I feel that way about. Maybe your dad can rebuild. I know it won't be the same at all but you still have the land and create new memories. But, don't forget the old. Maybe make a scrapbook with pics and you write some of your favorite memories in it.

[slleipnir]

We really don't have that kind of money...

[Pawsitive Thinking]

That is so sad but the fire can't take your memories away

[Karen]

Perhaps there was some insurance that would help at least start the rebuilding fund? Maybe?

But she's right, you'll hold the memories in your heart forever, those cannot be taken away.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I'm so sorry... How sad.

[Jadapit]

How sad. I'm so sorry.

[todd]

Thats so sad sorry

[wolf_Q]

I didn't see this until now........I'm so sorry to hear this, Audrey. I know how much you loved that cottage. It sounded like such a wonderful place to go and relax, let the dogs run, etc. I would be devastated too. I'm glad that nobody was hurt in the fire, but it still hurts that it is gone. {{hugs}}

[lv4dogs]

How scary Audrey. I am so sorry. Thankgod no one was there or inured. yous are in my thoughts & prayers.

[slleipnir]

Front page in our paper this morning

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/

The bottom right. Someone submitted the picture without asking...My dad really didn't want this in the paper

[Pawsitive Thinking]

B***** press! They never realise that what they are reporting isn't "just a story" to some people. How are you today?

[Catty1]

There might be a silver lining to this...just wait a few days. I hav a feeling...

[slleipnir]

I'm a lot better today, thanks for asking. I barely slept last night though. I kept picturing the cottage, and a bunch of scary thoughts and dreams all night. I had to sleep with my TV on cause I couldn't get the thoughts out of my head.

Catty: what do you mean by silverlining?

[slleipnir]

This was before...It wasn't exactly beautiful, but it was cozy. (plus it's like 100 years old or something)