As I'm sure plenty of you know, there are numerous wild, blazing brush fires out in California. Normally I wouldn't pay any attention partly because of how numb I've become to hearing all these "natural disaster" stories so often. However, it's finally hit home with me.

Now I was never really close to my Aunts (both unmarried)and Grandmother on my Mom's side of the family, but when someone in your family's life is at hand, you tend to care more. Even though I haven't seen any of them for approximately 5 years, the fact that they had to evacuate their house bothered me. Just yesterday they got a reverse 911 call saying they needed to evacuate, and sure enough they looked outside and the fire was litterally right outside their doors and windows. They only had time to grab a few clothes and very precious keepsakes, but they've more than likely lost everything else. House, furniture, paper work, other keepsakes, etc. They could hardly see around when they walked outside.

Its crazy how quickly circumstances can change. Luckily they were able to go stay at a friends house. I'm just worried about how they're going to start all over again.