By Aabye-Gayle D. Francis-Favilla Home—there’s no place like it. But after the fire in our apartment building left us displaced for almo...

By Aabye-Gayle D. Francis-Favilla Photo: Ian Favilla They say moving on isn’t easy. Well, they’d be right. My husband and I found oursel...

By Aabye-Gayle D. Francis-Favilla When we made the decision to wait for our apartment to be rebuilt, we found ourselves on the shores of ...

By Aabye-Gayle D. Francis-Favilla Since our fire, I have sent out 53 thank you notes. At least 53 times a person, couple, family, or group...

by Aabye-Gayle D. Francis-Favilla Screen Capture from NY1 Report Having a fire in your home is (in some ways) like having a birthday: E...

 by Aabye-Gayle D. Francis-Favilla Corduroy, the teddy bear Aabye had since birth, survived the fire.  The days immediately followin...

by Aabye-Gayle D. Francis-Favilla This is what became of the apartment directly above ours.  Isn’t it amazing how a flame that starts o...

By Aabye-Gayle Francis-Favilla Back in December of 2010, my husband and I were displaced from our home due to a fire. There have been many ...