Sarahphim's World

Sarahphim is feeling yeah better today. I was back at work and everything. I miss my little guys when I am home sick. Yeah for breathing! I've been thinking about forest fires. What a wild force of nature, or thoughtless men. (And women too, for those who can't stand feminine pronouns.) I'll think about that subject another day. I thought of all the men and women fighting this elusive creature. I thought of all the people living in a stadium right now. Most people were able to know in advance that they were in danger and save a few precious items from their home. I wondered if faced with such a situation what would I choose to save? I don't have anything that dear to me. I have a bear I still sleep with I would save him. I would make sure I had my wallet and cell phone, but I could walk away from everything else. Which is a bit odd considering just how much stuff I actually have. I have enough sets of dishes to entertain parties of 8-10 every night of the week and never need to use the same dishes twice. I have zillions of cd's most of which I've not listened to in six months. I have countless shoes and outfits that I swear at the time I needed more than anything else in the world. I own a lot of crap. And I continue to collect even more crap at an alarming rate, and yet I would walk away from it all with just my wallet, cell phone and bear and leave all that crap to crispen and warp and melt and dissolve into thick blankets of ash and hot glowing coals.
I wonder if I got rid of my bear it would go somewhere and be alive like the velveteen rabbit.
As a child I could never wrap my head around why the had to throw the rabbit away. Scarlet Fever!?!?!?!? What ever, they wouldn't have gotten bear. no way. Stupid grownups.
Anyway my prayers are with the families making tough choices about what to leave behind, for the brave men and women fighting the fire, the families living in the stadium, and the families of the men woman fighting that they come home safe.
Sarahphim signing out.