Protection for our house

4 weeks ago we had something very chaotic happen in our lives. It started on a Tuesday morning when I was hustling to get out the door. I put some pinto beans in some water on the stove. I turned the burner to high and placed a lid on top. Then I went to my bathroom to continue getting ready. Hair, makeup, and brush teeth. Then I helped my daughter put her shoes on before she was off to preschool. Without returning to the kitchen to turn the pinto beans to simmer, I hurriedly left the house. After dropping my child off at preschool, I raced to the Temple to enjoy a session with the other Relief Society sisters from my ward.
When we returned home, the house was filled with white smoke, even in the basement. It was a grizzly sight, and an even worse smell. I opened every window in the house, and all the doors were open to allow for the smoke to leave. After an hour, the reality hit me that more damage than I ever imagined had been done to my home. After speaking at length with my brother in law (who runs a successful resoration company in Utah), I learned that the only way to treat this protein burn, was to call in the professionals. Every fiber in my house has been cleaned. Upholstery steam cleaned, carpets steam cleaned, and every item of clothing, every towel, every linen, every rug, every drapery, every decorative pillow, had to be removed and taken to a restoration dry cleaners. Our duct work has been cleaned. Our cabinets on the upper floor have all been treated with chemicals. We lived in a hotel for 2 nights while air filters were running in our home. We evacuated one entire day, while an Ozone unit was brought in to treat the air and suck out all the oxygen. It has been one giant nightmare. But through all of it, we feel incredibly lucky that our home was protected. That our children are safe. That our memories and posession were preserved. It has been a source of stress, it has caused much anxiety, and has been more of an inconvenience than we would've expected. But through it all, we somehow have become closer, we have realized what really matters in life, and has made me even more grateful for the blessings of the temple. We still are not through. Our walls and ceilings will get treated on Monday, as well as having ozone units running here again for 24 hours. Which means we will need to go stay somewhere else once again. But it is drawing to a close, and we have learned some hard lessons through it all.