This is home for us. We are not going anywhere. We may be down, but we're not out.

Everyone should have a fireproof box, for one thing, where you can keep valuable papers and photos of your belongings.

Running on the rocks barefoot with his feet burned so bad was what hurt him the most.

And I am so thankful my son was not at home at the time. Even if he had not been hurt, it is a traumatic thing to go through, and I'm so glad he was spared that.

I can't ignore what I grew up listening to. My parents used to listen to Michael Jackson non-stop. They used to listen to Luther Vandross, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder.

The bottom line is we took command of that ballgame in the second half and that's been our strong point recently. It was a little crazy at the end -- we didn't handle the ball well and tried to score instead of running clock -- but the kids followed the game plan and hung with it.