2 weeks since the fire

Unbelievable......we cannot yet find any other words to describe what happened today...

It snowed today.. a lot this morning. Ben took the day off to pick his brother up at the airport. Brother Pete has not been in NH in 2.5 years...so this is pretty exciting.

The combination of the two above items enabled Ben to drop-off and pick up Luke from Montessori school today...a very rare occurrence.

no this is not the unbelievable part....

The following is the unbelievable part......Our family was given an unbelievable amount of generous gifts today from the Newport Montessori School. It has been two weeks since the fire and things have slowed down a bit...most people know the story of the fire so we do not find ourselves telling our story countless times a day...not that we mind a bit...we sincerely hope that in sharing our experience we can prevent a fire from happening.

In this change of pace we are finding that we now have more time to think about what has happened...really allow it to sink in. As hard as it is sometimes to absorb the loss of our things like; our family photos, handmade holiday decorations and paintings made by little hands...our spirits are continually lifted by such wonderful acts of kindness as we saw today. Thank you all so very much for your love and support! It is so very heartwarming for us to know that we live in such a caring community .

Thank you to the Ricci Family for the Wal-Mart gift card.

Thank you to the Richer's for the Hubert's gift card

Thank you to Jeff and Heidi North and family for the generous check

Thank you to the Newton's for the Kohl's gift card

Thank you to the Tuohy's and Tattered Pages for the Tattered Pages gift certificate

Thank you to the Tuohy's for the Salt hill Pub gift certificate

Thank you to the Salt hill Pub crew for the Salt hill Pub gift certificate

Thank you to the Wood Family for the Hubert's gift certificate

Thank you to Christine, Mike, Cooper, Riley& Mason for the Wal-Mart gift card

Thank you to the Newport Montessori PTO for the generous check

Thank you to Miss Carol, Chase and family for the Wal-Mart gift card

Thank you to Alan and Cathy Chamberlain for the generous check

Thank you to The Johnson family for the wonderful pictures

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Newport Meat Market gift certificate

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Hubert's gift card

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Wal-Mart gift card

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Lil Red Baron gift card

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Market Basket gift card

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Wal-Mart gift card

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Visa card

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Home Depot gift card

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Wal-Mart gift card

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Aubuchon gift card

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Hannaford gift card

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Barnes and Noble gift card

Thank you to the anonymous person for the Wal-Mart gift card