11/06/2025
Well, as many of you know, my family has been under a lot of stress lately. On October 27th, my son and daughter in law welcomed a new baby boy to our family. His name is Lucas and Finley loves her new baby brother. They were only home from the hospital for two days. My son, Lee, is the best man in a wedding this weekend and Finley is the ring bearer so they had gone for their fittings. Back at home, a neighbor came driving down the driveway yelling that the house was on fire. An electrical fire had started in the attic of the house (an attic there isn’t even access to), spreading quickly across the entire attic/roof.
My mom, unsure whether Taylor and the baby had gone with my son or were in the house, frantically tried to get into the locked house, banging on the doors and windows trying to get her attention, IF she was even in there. Well they were in the house and she and the baby were asleep. THANK GOD they got them out of the house in time. The smoke detector did not go off, at least not until Taylor opened the door to exit the house with the baby - and then the backdraft from opening the door set it off - along with the house. The entire house was completely destroyed. The home beside it received smoke damage but thankfully did not burn down.
They literally lost every single thing they have. Everything is gone. We are on day 3 now and are trying to dig through the debris in search of keepsakes. A long road to recovery now begins. Please keep my family in your prayers.