Thankful Tuesdays

Today I am thankful for a call from my sister today. It was a call to remind me to check my smoke detectors. Unfortunately a family in their town just lost their home to an electrical fire yesterday. The worst part is that two of their kids were killed, the mother is in critical condition and the third child has burns on 25% of her body. It's such a sad story, but a sober reminder that we all need to check our alarms.

The interesting part is that I was very confident that our smoke detection was linked with our alarm system. But just to confirm I called today and found out that it was not. So, tomorrow we will have that connected as well as the Carbon Monoxide detectors. If it were not for my sister's call, I would have just kept on assuming.

So, I encourage everyone to take the time to check their batteries in their smoke detectors and to ensure that your family has an escape route and that your kids know how to escape (one of the deaths was because the boy got scared and hide in the closet). It's so important to discuss these things with your kids!!