Our Fire Story, Part III

It was January 10, 2025 Three days after the fire….. We woke up for the third morning of what would end up being nearly 6 weeks in hotels. Another blessing amidst the darkness was how easy it was to be completely in the moment. While relearning to be ‘in the now’ is something that I, […]

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Our Fire Story: Part II

(Our home of 16 years, shown a few days after the fire burned it to ashes.) As we drove down to Temescal, looking straight ahead at the beach, it looked like clear blue skies. To our right, not too far off in the distance, smoke and flames seemed only minutes from engulfing Pali High (it […]

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Our Fire Story… Part I

(I took this picture at the beginning of our evacuation) On Monday, January 6, 2025, I woke up feeling really sad. I didn’t know why; nothing in particular had happened, but I just felt the weight of the world on my shoulders. I meditated and still felt the same. I walked Yves to school as […]

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