If your home was on fire and you could only save one thing, what would it be?,Story: Facing the Flames,If your home was on fire and you could only save one thing, what would it be?
If your home was on fire and you had a choice of just one item to save what would it be?
We would play the game in camp. We would speculate and argue with youthful energy. A siddur. An heirloom necklace. Money. What was truly important? Naive and innocent to us the game held no fear. Fires happened in novels in fictional stories of characters saving lives then running out unscathed.
Years later I watched the terrifying question play out in real life.
I see a police car pull up, followed moments later by a fire department car. Then the bus arrives. Figuring the emergency services are conducting a routine inspection or something, I calmly wave Adina goodbye. “Have a great day. I love you!” I say, then turn and sluggishly walk toward my front door, thoughts of a muffin and coffee on my mind.
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