Tonya Caldwell

Rising From The Ashes

I went to bed on Sunday, April 10th, 2022 not knowing our lives were going to change in a few hours. It was a normal night, I was hugging the edge of my bed while Peanut and Pj ( my 2 fur babies ) hogged the rest of the bed. Around 1:30am they woke me up needing to go potty, or so I thought. Pj will wake me up "kissing" me when I'm asleep if he needs to go outside. That part wasn't out of the norm however, his dad, Peanut was on my chest "kissing" me too! That was weird for him. Once he's in bed that's it, he's in for the night. I'm laying there thinking... man ... really? I'm the kind of person that once I get woke up, I'm up for the rest of the day. So, I'm laying there cussing under my breath and I finally get up. As we were going down the hall, I started smelling something. When we rounded the corner, there was a fire in my kitchen! My boys, my heros woke me up before the smoke detectors went off! I had just enough time to grab my phone, purse and their leashes. I loaded my boys up and called 911 to get the fire department out. Within 5 minutes, my home was completely engulfed!