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| FRAGMENTS

Second in a three-part series

“On fi ire prevention.

Trailers, I have been told,

can incinerate in seven minutes.
Mine burned in 20.

That was four years ago.
‘How do you pick up the |

- pieces to your life after such a_

shattering event? All the king’s

horses and all the king’s men
‘couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty

back together again.

Diary excerpts
. October 20th, 1985. I walk

‘through the remains of my

home for the last time.
' My home. Empty, black,

charred, silent. Lifeless. A
‘burned-out aluminum shell...

Two-by-fours, once hidden

‘between wood panelled walls,
stand exposed, charred and

blackened... Remains, black-

_ ened by fire,. grime-stained by

thick, greasy, heavy smoke,
soddened and soggy from the
firémen’s hose; remains, no

‘longer recognizable as,once .-
‘treasured possessions. ..

A chilling, damp gust of °
wind swirls through the dark,
burned interior, Two Sundays
ago it was the raging wind
from a super-hot fireball...

I shiver, wrap the borrowed

_overly-large jacket around me —

more tightly, take one last look
— not really looking, not really
seeing, not even remembering...
Only feeling — as empty and
as burned-out as my home.

My home. It represented my
life... What I was... Who I
was.,. it’s like having amnesia.
I have no past. It’s gone...

Today — (what day is it?).—
today, our trailer was taken
away to the dump. I didn’t
watch it go.

My home. At the dump...

Scavengers feast on our re-
mains... Do they scrounge

through the ruins that once

held love and laughter and life,
feeling any emotion at all?

‘Anglican
Church to
‘host mission

St. Matthews Anglican
Church of Terrace is presenting
a three-day program of sermons
and meetings to allow local resi-
dents to become acquainted with
the work being done by the
churches Live Diocesan: Minis-
tries.

The program begins on the
evening of Oct. 15 and continues
for the following two days.
Further information is available
from the St. Matthews parish
office at 635-9019,

Who can understand my.
grief?
People mean well. They try
to comfort,. ‘Al least nobody
died in the fire,” they console.
“You’ ‘re lucky no one was
hurt.’

No, Nobody died in 1 ihe fire.
Pets died. But no human life
was lost, And yet...
Seels like someone —.semeone
near-and-dear died. Suddenly,
tragically, violently, Someone I...
love, and miss.. .

No one was hiurt? I hart.
Sometimes I feel as if my flesh
burned away. The wounds are

Even so, it.

’ Tremember when I found the
destroyed baby cradle — that
beautiful cradle my Dad so loy-
ingly made for our first child
— tormented and devoured by
flames. Our baby is now a first

‘year university student. In

front:of the torched cradle my
‘husband and I embraced, and
remembered... Wrapped in

each other’s arms,-we cried...

"Who is there to comfort?

Who is there to help? If-it hap-
pens to you, what can you eX-,
pect? - .

I discovered this, Open a arms.
and open hearts. From friends.

From neighbors. From family.

Even strangers. And froma
church I don’t éven attend.
Someone I have never met
gave us toothbrushes, a note-
book and pen. Simple things —
- but, oh, how they were needed.

’ Relatives sent us a family -

“care’’ package and tucked in
a deck of cards, A little thing

— but, oh, how it was appre- -

“Terrace Review - — ~ Wednesday, October 4, 1989 09,19 a

Fire Prevention Month - —_ - learn not to burn

. still painfully fresh, raw, and -
sensitive... :

ciated. My darling mother, —

~ along with a wardrobe of
clothes, thought to include:

hangers...
‘Food hampers arrived...

Friends, neighbors, and people
we didn’t know loaned us fur-
niture, A church donated brand °
new bedding and towels. At a: -

Girl Guide meeting Guide:
leaders held a surprise shower
for me.,

Friends fed us. Friends

we relocated and set up the
semblance of a home again.

‘Friends: dropped in with plants,
_with spices, with encourage-

ment... Friends taped some of: |
our favorite music lost in the
fire. For a long time I couldn’t
listen to it because of the pain-
ful memories attached to it. -
But now, when I listen to it.I

_am reminded of that very

thoughtful and generous
gesture. ,
Perhaps no one will really
understand-what you are going
through. But mostly, you will
find comfort and encourage-

ment from those who really

care, and friendship where: ‘you: .
- did not suspect it.. :

A debt of love — how eee

: - can it be repaid?

~ When’ expressed this 1 feeling

to my closest friend, she gave .
me this poem: :

‘Love is not given to:hide away

In some safe place for a rainy.
day.

- Love is not given for us to |
babysat our surviving pets until —

‘hold,
To place on a shelf, or wear it
as gold.
Love is not given for us to .
. store ;
Behind a a closed and bolted
’ door. -
But love is given to flow on
. through -
From someone to me and from
— me to you.
Love is a circle, a wondrous
chain

To be given and given and = -
 givert again.
‘It was signed with love.
- That’s what poor Humpty
lacked.

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