It appears that the fire in my area was set. Arson. They’ve made an arrest. I really don’t know what kind of punishment could fit this crime. I really don’t. Hundreds of homes burned to the ground, apartment buildings housing hundreds more in ruins, businesses gone and livelihoods destroyed, many forever. And this on top of COVID which has already caused such economic hardship for so many.
I’ve read about these kinds of events and watched news reports, but I’ve always been removed from it. It’s been somewhere else, other people’s communities. “Oh, so hard. So difficult for them,” I’ve said. And I’m still removed from it because I still have my home, my husband, my cats. My life. But it’s right in front of me this time.
Five short miles away, people are standing on scorched pavement, staring at ashes.
The community will pitch in and help; that’s what communities do. But some things will never be regained. Some will never make it back to where they were.
I feel very grateful and humbled by my good fortune.
I’ve read about these kinds of events and watched news reports, but I’ve always been removed from it. It’s been somewhere else, other people’s communities. “Oh, so hard. So difficult for them,” I’ve said. And I’m still removed from it because I still have my home, my husband, my cats. My life. But it’s right in front of me this time.
Five short miles away, people are standing on scorched pavement, staring at ashes.
The community will pitch in and help; that’s what communities do. But some things will never be regained. Some will never make it back to where they were.
I feel very grateful and humbled by my good fortune.