The fitness center was nearly empty. The morning crowd was now showering, which left me able to choose any treadmill that I wanted. I picked the one on farthest away from the door and fired it up for a 6 mile “easy” run.

The house alarm blared loudly as I frantically entered the code to disable it, fan the smoke alarm, and order BoBo to open the front and back doors. My husband had keyed into the level of smoke in the house well before I did. Somehow, I didn’t see the smoke in the air even after [...]