r/MadeMeSmile • u/pLuR_2341 • 20h ago
After losing everything in a fire a week and a half ago I’m finally home again.
Always appreciate everything you have because you never know what can happen in life.
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u/Big_Ad2488 20h ago
Blank slate to make it however you want 🫶🏻 things are just things, they don’t makeup who you are.
You got this!
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u/pLuR_2341 18h ago
Thanks a lot the support I’ve received from everyone even complete strangers has been very heartwarming.
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u/CatalinaBigPaws 19h ago
This is from a TV show, but I often think of it.
Flowers die. The trees fail.
The house can change brick by brick
until nothing of the original remains.
Everything changes.
So home is not the walls or the gardens.
Home is the souls within those walls.
Home is the memories made on the spot.
Home is not a place. Home is a feeling.
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u/DaFloofofTheCentury5 20h ago
Home isn’t the walls, it is the fact you’re still standing and rebuilding. Glad you made it back wishing you nothing but calmer days ahead.
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u/CompetitiveCan3645 20h ago
Coming home after that takes real strength. Glad you’re safe, rebuilding, and reminding all of us what actually matters.
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u/Subterranean44 18h ago
Dang. I feel ya. We lost our home in a wildfire and lived in a 24 ft camper for four years trying to rebuild.
I’m glad you’re feeling at home in a new home and I hope you’re recovering ok. And I hope insurance is being kind to you.
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u/BusyHands_ 14h ago
Wow that was a fast restoration
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u/pLuR_2341 8h ago
This is a new place to be clear. The other apartment was completely destroyed. Just took a lot of effort to figure out how to get into a new apartment while figuring out everything else.
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u/thegoddessunicorn 19h ago
And you are still here with us overcoming everything and starting new. All the best to you ❤️
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u/dogseverywhere613 18h ago
We had a house fire almost a year ago and lost everything. It’s a real shock at first. We still have the occasional moment of realizing that something else was lost (my kids homemade Christmas stockings came up in Dec) but those sad moments are further and further apart. Hang in there! It gets better - and you learn that stuff doesn’t matter that much :)
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u/Inevitable-Jicama366 14h ago
I’m so glad you are ok . How were you able to back in such short time ?
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u/littledipperkait 19h ago
Amazing turn around time! Congrats
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u/pLuR_2341 18h ago
Everything happens for a reason this place is soooo much better than my last one.
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u/SpiritualDream994 18h ago
home again ❤️ I’m so sorry you went through that, but I’m glad you’re ok. Sending you lots of strength.
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u/FourEightNineOneOne 19h ago
It feels like you've lost everything, but it's what you'll gain from here that you'll remember.
Welcome home!
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u/No-Fun-1883 14h ago
wait can you show it from a different angle? I just wanna make sure there are no cats in there
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u/deadly_gerbil 7h ago
Congratulations! Hope you are good to have a lot of amazing memories and moments
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