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Category: the fire ’24
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One year ago I showed up to school, honestly pretty excited because it was the last week before Christmas Break. Finals were upon us (which is very chill as a teacher who is just proctoring). I even dressed up as Buddy the Elf (a little against my will) for the last day at Pawprint (our…
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I’ve known for a while I needed to write — mostly for myself, to look back at the last 10 months since everything changed — but also because people are curious, and don’t always want to pester or ask. And truthfully, there are some days, I appreciate not having to share the “lack of news”…
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Friends, I know many of you are wondering. Lately when we run into folks, it’s the first question (naturally), so I thought it may be helpful to provide a brief update. When we were in Colorado, nearly 2 months ago, things were being held up by the county for building permits. The house was demo’d…
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It’s been just over six months since the fire. Sometimes it does hit me that everything is gone and we are untethered. We’ve spent the last week in Colorado, visiting old friends in Colorado Springs, and watching all our little kids become sweet friends, and then exploring in Durango/Vallecito where I spent many happy summers.…
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I was out walking tonight in the dark and the rain before bed, and remembered that I haven’t updated in a long time. Because honestly, there hasn’t really been anything to update. However, this week it will have been five months since we lost everything — our home, all we owned, and our sweet sixth…
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I was asked by my good buddy to speak in Chapel about the events of the fire, about how we’ve sought the Lord, wrestled through the unknown, etc. Below are my slightly chaotic notes from my preparation. Thought they might be worth saving, and sharing here too. If you happen to read this, you’re getting…
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It has been three months and one week since the fire. In that time, Brian has taken the lead on updates, while I have done what comes naturally—processing much of it internally. Calling this season suffering feels extreme in some ways, especially when we think of others who have walked through deeper valleys of grief…
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3 Months — Many of you have asked for an update and wanted to know how things are going post-fire. Well, we are roughly 3 months out from the day, and things have moved forward some, and time has stood still in others. We are “okay”, most of the time. But we have hard days,…
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Family, Friends, Neighbors, Community — From the most sincere place in our hearts, thank you. We are coming to realize that the last weeks since the fire, we’ve been living in a fog. There have been lots of emotions, exhaustion, a constant state of feeling overwhelmed, and probably a good bit of shock. Nevertheless, so…
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In many ways, it feels as though the fire were yesterday, a bad dream we may wake up from eventually. In some ways it seems like another lifetime. While I hope to not accidentally infer that we’ll have a festering wound forever (although I kind of want to keep my scars on my hands from…
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