Today I’m on fire. I’ve had a slow cooker cooking today, and this evening I put one of the hot plates on by mistake. Not realizing the cord of the slow cooker was on the plate. My laptop power tripped and when I looked towards the kitchen, I saw red flames. My reaction was a bit delayed. I stood looking at the fire thinking to myself, there’s a fire. In slow motion. Now what? Okay, calm. Fire. Calm. Put. Out. Fire.
I grabbed a tea towel and fortunately the fire was small enough for me to put out with a tea towel.
My reaction was very similar to a time when my daughter aged three, nearly drowned. She was submerged, and I was two swimming lanes away from her. My mind went into slow motion. Daughter. Underwater. Drowning. Save daughter. I waded across calmly and yanked her out. Just in time.
Dinner is nearly ready?
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…so so glad it was not more serious and very well done you on staying so cool and calm…as when you saved your daughter. Phew! We look back on all these moments, and we have all had them, especially as parents and wonder, how did I ever get through all that! Deep inner intuition? Wisdom? Just glad you and yours are all safe and hope dinner was awesome! Take care now… 🙂 xx
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It was good thanks! Fortunately the fire was small and contained and that I was at home, and not my children alone! It is just after the fact one realizes how dangerous a situation like that is! Very scary xx
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I love how you framed this story with the short, and gently humorous, first and last lines. Beautiful! Glad you’re okay! 🙂
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Thank you! Yes, we are okay. *Fortunately* the fire was still small and contained! And that I was at home and not my children alone!
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This is beautiful i think anyway… i love this 🙂
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Will do, thanks very much! 🙂
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Glad to see you’re able to keep your sense of humor about you. Dinner might be burned and the house smells like burnt tea towels, but by golly dinner is on time!
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Lol, the dinner was in the slow cooking so it survived unscathed, it was just the house around it! We so often hear about burning houses and people getting trapped here in Australia, I’m so thankful no real damage was done! And that I was at home!
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Glad you are allright.
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Yes I am thanks, sadly a four-year old passed away yesterday in a fire when his family started one in their holiday cabin fireplace. We read about such cases so often here. So sad.
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The “like”is for your reaction👍 of course, not for the situation….
Thank goodness everything is fine!
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Thank you so much merryfairy. Sadly, a little boy of four years passed in a fire yesterday, he was on holiday with his parents and they lit a fire in the fireplace that must have spread when they slept. It has touched me so deeply and made me so, so sad!!
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Oh, no! This why one beloved friend of mine states that we also need to be lucky, too…..
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Absolutely, and count our blessings ❤
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