BLOGAHOMA

Reconstructing your house after a fire is done by Restoration companies. The company we are using, Dutil,  is a family owned business located in nearby Lawton. We gave them the go ahead a week and a half ago and it has been cleaning, construction and painting ever since. We escape during the day but have our breakfast and dinner at home if we can. For us it is hopeful to seeing the house being brought back to its former tidy mountain bungalow self. I admit I have been taxed further than I had ever imagined during the past year. Pneumonia (me), Cancer (my husband), chemo, extreme chemo reactions, fire, death of a friend and days and days of 100+ heat and now reconstruction. It is my spirit now that needs the most restoration.

Some of our friends are dealing with the fire aftermath while others the loss of loved family member, not related to the fire. And when you are all in it together, this misfortune, you are all needy as well. So how does one lift oneself up? Can’t say, but I am determined to get through the next hurdles and not feel depressed or completely downtrodden. I picked happy colors for the house and am now sitting in my hot buttered rum freshly painted great room. And yes, I am writing a new post and perhaps I will start an art piece of some sort as creating makes me happy. My expectation is not extreme happiness but not being sad will suit me for now.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
Hermann Hesse