Tag Archives: House Fire

Magic Monday: Holding Hands In The Darkness

Tomorrow will mark the two year anniversary that this happened…. As the date has been getting closer, I’ve been getting weird. Two years ago tomorrow around 5:45pm eastern time, Burke and I finally found ourselves alone with what remained of … Continue reading

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Past. Future. Perfect.

I wrote this following entry in my journal on July 5, 2011: The moon is a milky crescent cradle hanging over the sky tonight. I was driving on my way back to our temporary home a few hours ago, but … Continue reading

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Phoenix Rising

My life for the past few months has revolved around the house fire. And though I try not to talk about it in conversation in my regular life, it is in the undercurrent of every single thing that I do. … Continue reading

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Can a simple smile change the course of history?

I woke up feeling thankful this morning. I woke up feeling connected. Even if we have never spoken, even if we may never meet, I had this sense of friendship out there in the world. There are many people whose … Continue reading

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Thank you

She walked through the flames and survived…me as a little girl with a golden turban…. We have not had internet in a week – we have been digging through ashes, mourning physical losses of pieces of memory and trying to … Continue reading

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