"JohnH" wrote in message
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Don, two houses down from us lived a lady about 90 years old. Her husband
died last summer, and many of us in the neighborhood would help out with
yard work, soup, or whatever, even though she had children living only a
few blocks away.

Yesterday I looked out front to see the street filled with fire trucks.
Her
house was burning. She died in the fire. We don't know the whole story
yet,
the cause, etc. I thought I'd share the story with you just so you'd keep
things like that in mind with your mom. There are lots of things that can
cause a fire when a person gets old, slower, and forgetful.


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***** Have a super day! *****

John H

We try too keep her 'wing' safe as possible. She sometimes does push her
knitting supplies up against the electric baseboard heater... (tight
quarters) but I always point it out to her and move the material away.
No cooking goes on in there, just the usual living room/bedroom type
appliances.