Michael Sieux thought his life would only get worse when his home burned to a cinder and he was left without an address.

He was wrong.

91裸聊视频淥ut of the blue a young couple said they would make room for me in their home and give me a place to sleep,91裸聊视频� said Sieux, Wednesday, while spending time in his new backyard.

The 69-year-old has been staying with a couple who asked that they only be identified as Don and Val,

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 turned out to be more than just a room,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淭hey bend over backwards and they make me feel welcome91裸聊视频� I am totally overwhelmed.91裸聊视频�

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Sieux was one of a dozen residents of the Walnut Grove Motel, and the 130 of the Water91裸聊视频檚 Edge condominium, who were left homeless July 8 when a fire, sparked in a building under construction, spread and ripped through their homes. The cause is still under investigation, but it91裸聊视频檚 widely believed to have been sparked by a construction worker.

who lost their home, . For Sieux it felt catastrophic.

Sieux, who lived at the motel for 13 years, described himself as a hermit, having forged no social bonds in the last decade. He thought he had no one to turn to when his home was razed by fire.

91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频楽cary barely scratches the surface of how I felt,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淲hen you get so far down, you can91裸聊视频檛 think of something good happening because you can91裸聊视频檛 grasp the idea of what good is. I hit bottom and couldn91裸聊视频檛 find a way to think about going up. I was just stuck.91裸聊视频�

Now, Sieux said, he91裸聊视频檚 feeling 91裸聊视频渦nstuck.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 going to take awhile to realize that people recognize me as a human being, not just as a statistic about a bad thing that happened,91裸聊视频� he said.

Don and Val he said, have put him in a dynamic he hasn91裸聊视频檛 experienced in years and it91裸聊视频檚 been overwhelmingly positive.

91裸聊视频淭hey take me out in the car to do some of the things I need to do, like shopping and getting food,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淎t best, I was hoping for a room I could just sleep in. Now instead of a room, it91裸聊视频檚 almost like I91裸聊视频檝e become part of a family. I had minimum expectations and have been given something bigger than I can grasp and I can91裸聊视频檛 get my head around it.91裸聊视频�

It91裸聊视频檚 not just his new living arrangement that91裸聊视频檚 changed his life. His neighbour Kerry Flynn, who before the fire was mostly a stranger, has become his champion.

Flynn helped Sieux look for a home and was by his side 91裸聊视频済etting desperate91裸聊视频� with him when it started to look like he91裸聊视频檇 never find anything.

91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 totally amazing and I can91裸聊视频檛 think of a way to thank him,91裸聊视频� Sieux said.

91裸聊视频淎 person saves you from drowning and you say 91裸聊视频榯hank you, we will be friends for life.91裸聊视频� But what do you say when someone gets up every day and goes on and on with help? He91裸聊视频檚 almost as old and in worse health than me, but he still got up and helped every day. Without him and this couple I am staying with now, I would have just given up.91裸聊视频�

Both Flynn and Don and Val have say they were just doing what needed to be done.

91裸聊视频淗e lived in the hotel for 13 years and he is the kindest most generous person you91裸聊视频檒l ever meet, he didn91裸聊视频檛 choose the situation he91裸聊视频檚 in,91裸聊视频� said Don. 91裸聊视频淵ou can91裸聊视频檛 say you91裸聊视频檙e willing to help someone and then pass him off to the next person. It wasn91裸聊视频檛 a decision. We just had to deal with it.91裸聊视频�

Sieux is not being charged rent for the time being, but the living arrangement is just temporary.

91裸聊视频淭here are a few people to help him get back on his feet, he deserves it,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 a wonderful man.

Give him five minutes of your time and you91裸聊视频檒l find the one.91裸聊视频�