4 Reasons Why Rebuilding Paradise Is an Emotional Must-Watch
— Read on people.com/featured/RebuildingParadiseIsAnEmotionalMustWatchNatGeo2020
Just a quick posting: if you’re interested in what others are saying is an excellent documentary, this is coming out in a couple of days.
Not sure if I can watch it. When I see well done media about this, I get pretty tearful and choked up. I will probably give it a try.
We just had our acre cleaned up and now need to get the septic tank crushed (some more) and filled up with dirt. It is very hard to go up there and remember what it used to look like. Hard to envision us rebuilding again especially when the threat of catastrophic fire remains – in my mind anyway.
Miss the air, the breeze blowing through the pine trees, the town. Hard to get over a place you lived in for 40 years and in the same house for 30 years. Everything was so familiar, so comfortable.
Thankful for what we have now, but still shake my head sometimes thinking about the past. I guess many of us do that for different reasons. You have these “Ouch” moments. And then you have these “Thank You” moments.
Ouch and Thank You, Ouch and Thank You. If you have more Thank You’s than Ouch’s in life, I think you are very fortunate.
I am very fortunate.
I can imagine it is pretty tough to go back there, a real pull on the heartstrings.
I agree with the attitude of gratitude… the more you ‘thank’ the more there is to be thankful for.
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Yes! So much to be grateful for in our lives!
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You’ve come a long way since then, Gary. I didn’t realize as many as 85 people died in that fire till reading the article. I guess the memories will never fade away as they are part of your existence. Good luck and God Bless for the future.
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Thank you Len. We all have our different challenges and emotional “ouches” and the concern, love and support of others sure provides tremendous strength to move forward. God Bless you and yours too! Many wonderful moments in our lives!
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Those memories must be very hard to revisit. I hope that time is healing and as you rebuild a new life for youselfves that the present memories that you are making will become more precious than the ones you have left behind.
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