Nathalie is talking to me about fires. She is very concerned about them, and as she tells me about it, we walk around a hospital. She goes on and on while we walk, and the threat of it becomes... Read more >>

When something threatens our homes, where we live and breathe, where we harbor our cherished memories and love our families, it feels as though our very hearts are ripped from our chests. Losing a... Read more >>

I know thousands of people have a 9/11 story. My story doesn’t begin on September 11, 2001, but on September 11, 2009. At 12:30 a.m., I heard my husband run to the garage door from the house,... Read more >>

Fire has two meanings in dreams, depending on the way it appears. When you see it in a fireplace, this means that you will find support concerning a certain matter of your life. In this case the fire... Read more >>

Lord, give me that fire that you lit in me long ago. Like sunlight burning at midnight. I want to feel that fire and that glow on my skin. I want the burning desire and the overpowering... Read more >>

When I was about twelve years old, I lived in a subdivision in Gautier, MS. Me and a friend of mine were riding bikes as usual when we noticed a neighbor has a trash fire going. So we stopped, I... Read more >>

Did you ever know how s’mores got their name? I’ve always wondered that. Where I live, it’s summer time, and every kid in the neighborhood is roasting them at night. I eat them all... Read more >>

I can still smell a whiff of it, three days after the incineration. Just now, a delivery truck drove away from where it has been parked the whole afternoon, exposing the carcass for the whole street... Read more >>

When I was about four years old, I began my lifelong love affair with fire. I’m not a true arsonist, not yet. But, being a bright child, I figured out a way to play with fire and not get caught.... Read more >>

In response to it’s 4:00 somewhere, I have my own two cents for that because it’s happy hour somewhere as well. Small town happy hours are the best; they provide a unique camaraderie... Read more >>