31/07/2026
How do you put into words the feelings that happen when your whole world shifts in an instant, one moment, one phone call…
Everything changed and there was nothing you could do but watch and wait and hope…
On Thursday we lost everything…
Everything from clothes, shoes, photos, devices with data, keepsakes, furniture, absolutely everything, if it’s not burned it’s covered in soot or waterlogged.
Can you imagine getting excited just from finding something so mundane like toothpaste that can be saved.
And for the next days we will continue to pick through what remains for anything that was untouched, and survive on sheer instinct, no sleep, and an overwhelming sense of loss.
As adults we have the ability to understand the hard moments of life, it’s the hard conversations we have to have with our children that leaves you completely vulnerable, knowing that their questions you just might not be able to answer.
But the hardest part of all this is that we lost half of our family. All 4 of our beloved pets lives were taken in one of the worst ways possible, not at the end of their life after years of love, not in the most peaceful and compassionate way, not in the way its ment to be, in your arms, patting them and helping them feel at ease without panic or fear.
It’s in hard times like these that we would turn to them for comfort and them to us, but I don’t have that furry ear to listen or that paw to hold now, we are heartbroken.
I can replace the material possessions that we lived with each day but their lives are not something that can be replaced by anything in this world.
Tonight I comfort my children while they cry for the home they can never return to, for their toys and most prized possessions, and for the companionship they had with their furry family.
And you probably have questions, what happened?, how did it start?, was anyone hurt?, are you ok?, what can I do?, and probably a whole heap more.
It was an electrical fire, it started in the main bedroom, the source appears to be the ceiling lights and the fire has then spread from the roof.
And tragically this could have been avoided. We started noticing issues with all the electrical through the entire house more then 2 years ago and reported the issues to our agent, nothing was done even after repeated inspections, self reporting of the issues and requesting that an electrician attend the property to ensure that safety standards were met. This fell on deaf ears.
Of course we are now thinking about the why’s and the what ifs and was there anything I could have done differently.
I’m not going to ask but if anyone is in a position where they can help and they wish to we have a gofundme that was started for us by my best friend. https://gofund.me/81fcf6326
Please bear with us right now as grief has a very tight grasp on our hearts but please know that we appreciate everything that everyone has already done to support us, you have helped ease some of our worries and made this a little easier to cope with.
My four little angels.. Loki, Freyja, Lady and Chewy. I’ll be running to meet you on the other side of that bridge when fate takes me there.
Sandy
Always known as Loki’s Mum
