Always Be Thankful
My birthday was Monday, December 15. I turned twenty-five and I am thankful for life. There was an incident that happened that could have made my birthday my last day on earth. I was asleep and my wife was in the shower. Suddenly, I heard a loud beeping noise emanating from the hallway. Cameron started barking. It was the smoke detector, a fire was burning in our laundry room.
I quickly got up to see what the noise was. I smelled smoke and I heard a crackling noise. As I moved closer to the laundry room the smell of smoke began to choke me. Cameron’s barks turned into high pitched chirps. The crackling got louder. When I made it to the doorway, I didn’t see anything. My wife ran out of the shower and approached the doorway. We walked into the room and there it was.
A small fire was burning next to the furnace. The fire was burning on a white towel. I had previously walked our Yorkie, Cameron. It was wet outside and I used the towel to wipe off his feet. I threw the towel in the corner, not realizing that it was next to the furnace.
I saw the fire extinguisher mounted on the wall. I was scared to get it because I thought I would get burned if I went too far into the room. I don’t know how to use one anyway and I didn’t want to waste anymore time. My first reaction was to run out of the apartment. I yelled, “Lisa, lets get out of the house”. My wife had other plans. She ran into the kitchen and filled a bowl with water. She immediately ran back to the laundry room and doused the fire with the water. She ran back to the sink and I followed. As I crabbed a bowl and I inadvertently moved her bowl out of the way and filled my bowl with water. She looked at me like I was crazy and continued to fill her bowl. I was in panic mode. We ran back to the laundry to put out the fire. We poured water on the fire until the fire went out.
The fire was out but the apartment was still smoky. We cracked the windows and turned on a couple of fans so that the smoke would clear out. I am thankful that my wife, our dog, and I are safe.
After that episode, I felt very emotional to say the least. My wife and I had got annoyed with each other earlier in the day. I kept thinking; what if the smoke detector hadn’t gone off, what if my wife and I didn’t hear the detector, what if our Yorkie was in the laundry room, what if that was the last time that I would see my wife? I burst into tears. My wife came over and hugged me. I told her what was on my mind and she reminded me that none of those terrible things happened. The detector did go off, we heard it, Cameron is OK, and my wife is with me. We hugged again and exchanged kisses and I love yous. We got on our knees and thanked God that we were not hurt. We embraced each other once more and we went to bed.
Always remember never take anything for granted. Be thankful. Tomorrow is not promised to us. Live life to the fullest according to God’s will. Never forget to express your feeling to your loved ones. God is good and I am extremely thankful that no one was injured. That day, my birthday, will be a day that I will never forget. I will never forget to give thanks to the Lord. “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful” (Colossians 3:15). God Bless.
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