A different perspective...

Once again, my journal entry began with the words, Southern California is burning... Over the weekend, firefighters battled fires in highly populated areas of Southern California ... Brea, Yorba Linda, Corona, Diamond Bar ... You can't help being drawn to the 24/7 live coverage of those fires raging out of control. It's mesmerizing in a way, and then you feel guilty for 'watching' as people lose their homes, and possessions. Ron has friends and co-workers living in those cities. We watched in disbelief as people were forced to evacuate their homes, hundreds of which burned to the ground. Monday morning, as the fires were finally 'contained,' we found out that his supervisor's house was one of the homes in Yorba Linda which was destroyed. It changes your whole perspective watching the fires when you know someone personally who has lost so much. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Alex ... and to the hundreds of others we don't know who lost their homes...