surviving fires and uncertainty
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I hope everyone is doing well and recovering from the massive SoCal heatwave of the past few weeks. I'm also hoping that everyone and their communities are safe from the various wild fires that have been raging. In Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, the Line and Bridge fires affected hundreds of acres. My family home in the San Bernardino county was very close to the line fire and when I tell you that my nervous system was on fire too, I'm not even joking the least bit. I'm still recovering. TMI - I have a stress rash that's slowly going away. I spent several sleepless nights tossing and turning, hoping that our town of Arrowbear and Running Springs would be spared. If you or your business were evacuated, my heart goes out to you. It's so hard to sit with fear, uncertainty and lack of control. The way I sit with uncertainty is with creativity. It's true. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, your girl over here created a "Coloring with Fear and Uncertainty" coloring book. I laugh at myself because, seriously? I created a coloring book. It's here if you'd like to download it. This time felt a little different as the flames kept getting closer and closer to our town. Firefighters worked around the clock and still today, it's still about 51% contained. We saw videos of them knocking on doors, discussing and preparing for evacuations. Some were even captured on cameras watering plants. They strategized for hours on end and tried to keep the panacea at bay. Although so many ancestor trees and acreage was burned and affected, my home and town are currently safe. I know that living in a mountain town increases the risk of fire dramatically. For today, we are safe and I am eternally grateful for those who spend their working hours keeping us safe and responding to fires.
*New Book Alert* To express my gratitude and cope with uncertainty, I turned to creating a new gratitude book focused on Firefighters. I had the idea of creating this gratitude book so the community can write their thank you letters from different places in the community, such as a local shop, restaurant or library. Once it's filled up, it gets gifted to the local fire station. As a helper myself, people are always asking how they can repay us for the work we do. And honestly, a sincere thank you is all we need to reinforce the reason we came into this work: honoring humanity. I'm giving away book copiesto local businesses and agencies who were affected by the wildfires. Do you own a business that was impacted or know anyone who does? If so, click below to request a book. Or please forward to anyone you know who would like to participate.
*Quantities are limited but you can also purchase one by clicking below. Ideas for community groups:
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