@mamacita @parus @sirgalahad @johnbishop and all - I have been surrounded by your positive thoughts of comfort. As you can imagine, the last few days the media has covered all different aspects of the tragedies in this area. I have sought out my music or public television to steer around all of this because it is just too overwhelming. Yes there is the sorrow for what people have lost, but my emotions take on and absorb too much. To be in the area with smoke in the air, similar to what I went through December 2017, seemed to trigger a PTSD event in me. So being gentle on myself became quite a priority. On Friday I had to return back to the area I was in last December, and it was terrifying to me. The services for my friend who was killed will be on Thursday; not sure I can handle it. I'll wait till then till to decide. As someone on the Spectrum, and as so many of you have experienced, we feel deeply. Today is a new day, a cool day in temperature right now, and we pray the winds will stay away to minimize additional damage of fire. The resilience that people can have will certainly be tested.
Ginger