It has been one busy day. I feel like I was going nonstop and not truly valuing my day. It felt so rushed and I just needed to stop everything that I was doing and go visit you, Kaitlin. I needed to just be. In a dress and heels, I sat in the wet grass…

My favorite candle scent, a cup of herbal tea, and my favorite journal — all while curled up on my favorite couch. Trying to calm this anxious mind and aching heart. Staying in today and accepting a me day. “God’s not done with you Even with your broken heart and your wounds and your scars….

The beautiful Pacific Northwest will never be what it once was. It’s pure calmness and serenity will now be remembered in our hearts and in photographs. As the treacherous green trees turn to black and began to fall, and the precious wildlife burn to death, our hearts break a little more. Layers of ash lie…