We had a fire and then a flood in the house in Texas last week. The flood actually put out the fire. AMAZING. A pencil lead sized hole in the pvc water pipe in the attic. I am astounded. If you could see the fire damage, you would understand. Anyway, the house (over 50 yrs old) a long ranch style that is huge and could easily be a duplex (there are two kitchens, living rooms, three bedrooms in each end, three bathrooms) is going to be half replaced. The north end of the house will get a new living room, dining room, kitchen, hallway and two new bedrooms. The entire roof will be replaced on the whole house. What a mess. I am here for the next two weeks before I head out to the middle east. I thought to relax with my daughter and just chill out. Instead, we will be trying to restore some order and get things repaired. No one was hurt, nothing of great value was lost. We are thankful.


breakfast
we laugh at
the burnt bacon


overcast skies
on Thanksgiving day
more smoke smell


scorching day
from the attic fire
forgotten memories


Thanksgiving day
picking through
old photographs


thanksgiving sunset
the deflated soccer ball
still kicked between us


drizzle
a ball in the yard
deflated


dreary old shed
deep in the rubble
the missing bracelet


midnight
around the table
crazy bets


cold front
inside our house
laughter


quiet night
pumpkin pie
warms us up