FIRE!!

A four letter word that when shouted out can hold more fear and power than almost any other.

Last night, "Fire" claimed a home in my neighborhood.  Thankfully, it did not claim a life.  Still, the devastation and lost that family must be feeling, I can only imagine.

Of course it's only human nature to feel some relief that it didn't happen to you.  However, the close proximity makes it much more real than reading of a similar fate on the other side of the city or in another town.

Perhaps we need to have these wake-up calls every now and then when we become too complacent in our own lives.  I'm certainly awake now and I think it's time I stopped procrastinating and replaced the battery in my smoke alarm!