Fowler House Fire Fund
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Hello, My name is Darian Fowler. I’m a single father of three, two boys and and daughter ages 16, 12, and 9 with my daughter being the youngest. This year started rough with the death of my mother on January 15 after a battle with Parkinson’s and breast cancer. This was not just hard on me emotionally but my kids as well because they were there to see their grandmother’s transition. It was an exhausting process taking care of my mother in her time of need as I’m an only child and had no help at the time, but I just couldn’t see me putting her in a home especially with the Covid pandemic, we’d never get to see or touch her. My mother’s one wish before she passed was that I be the father to my children that I would’ve wanted to have had growing up and continue to raise them in our family home. It’s been hard living life without her but I know that she would want me to be strong and a good example for her grandchildren. To ensure that we had a stable foundation she left us the house I grew up in and took care of her and my children in. I’ve been doing an ok job considering that in the beginning when she first passed a lot of days I didn’t want to get out of bed due to morning and depression. But almost a year after her passing and two weeks into a new job I picked up working over night to help with the home expenses because with my new business I would struggle to make my financial obligations, I woke up surrounded by flams because my bed was on fire. Completely in shock I attempted to put out the fire by smothering it but was unsuccessful. Once I realized I wouldn’t be able to control it right away i then proceeded to wake my kids up and get them outside to safety. Once outside I had my youngest son call 911 while I attempted to go put out the fire but by the time I returned the room was completely engulfed in black smoke, so much so that I couldn’t see in-front of me and almost couldn’t find my way back out. Crazy thing is the home insurance that I was working over night so I could have it renewed had just expired three months before this fire occurred, what are the odds. I’m completely devastated at the thought of loosing something so meaningful and critical to raising my children that my mother entrusted me with. To say I feel like I’ve failed her and my children would be an understatement. The fire was out of my control for the most part as it was an accident from a knocked over space heater, but the fact we can’t rebuild because I allowed the Insurance to lapse because of my attempt to continue working for myself is unbearable. All the material possessions with the exception of pictures can be replaced and I’m grateful to GOD we all made it out alive. I’m hoping that someone somewhere will empathize with my situation and really look at my character and see that I’m a single father fighting as hard as I can and I just keep getting hit with blow after blow. I work full time for Amazon overnight and work my pressure washing business from 12p-6:30p, then back to Amazon from 1:20am-11:50am. I say that to say I could really use a blessing where it seems impossible!! I don’t want anything but help getting our home back as the fire made it uninhabitable. I believe in being self sufficient but this was something I couldn’t sit by and allow my kids to suffer for my negligence, I went from having a home for me and my children to being homeless in a matter of minutes right before the holiday’s . Thank you for taking the time to read my story a please be blessed!
Organizer
Darian Fowler
Organizer
Atlanta, GA