My Little Heros

Well I guess I really don't know where to start its been a while since my last post and life has been very hectic.. like a whirl wind of change has passed through our lives...

On may 18 th I was woken at around 6am by my son Kacey (4yrs) at our Leopold residence to my horror the other side of my bed/slash bedside drawers where on fire I think I hesitated for sec not realising this was real. Then panic hit and I jumped up threw a wool blanket over the fire and grabbed Kacey and racing out of the room. I ran and got water and threw it over the fire screaming to my oldest son Jesse water water he fortunately was asleep in the lounge room he woke up and joined me and attempted to get water to put the fire out by that stage I was in the bedroom throwing water over the fire I then realised there was no use as once it caught my bed and Donner it was fully ablaze.

I struggled to get out the bedroom door as the extreme heat felt like it was sucking me back in was a feeling i will never forget...I grabbed the two youngest boys (Kacey 4Yrs and Sam 17 months) from lounge and threw them out the front door. Jesse was in the kitchen as he had gone to get more water before I had made the decision there was no use. I was screaming out him to get out but to get out he had to pass by the bedroom that was on fire and the extreme heat made it difficult for him to pass understandably .
I remember screaming at him you can do it Jesse you can do this as I was in a situation if i went in to get him the two youngest were going to follow me and none of us may get out.. It was the longest few seconds of my life i as i stood there in fear I was just about to reach in and grab his hand to help him out and hope the others not follow but he found this amazing strength in him and managed to get out to safety.
We ran out into the street screaming fire and one of the neighbours came out and called the fire brigade.

We were so lucky in so many ways in the fact if Kacey hadn't woken me when he did or if Jesse and Sam weren't asleep in lounge I may not have been able to get them from the far end of the house and that my eldest son Jesse found that strength and courage in him to take those last steps to get out of the house safely. I am so proud of my boys and grateful we were able to get out unharmed apart from a few minor burns on my hands.



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