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There was one Horrifying Moment

            Even before Jenna’s two friends and most of their family had perished in a fire (see  here  and  here ) I have been paranoid of open flames and space heaters and such. During the power outage we had candles.              At first, Roland had placed a candle in one of the sinks so that we could have light in the bathroom.  Gradually it moved above the sink so that we could use the sink without putting out the flame.  He made sure there were no towels near or anything that could catch on fire.  So a few days later when I told Jenna to do the same thing, Roland went with her to make certain that the area of the bathroom she picked would be safe.  She started her candle in the sink also.  But her sink is evidently shallower than ours and the faucet was made out of plastic which I hadn’t even known was a thing.    ...