My Mother called a little bit ago to see if I had heard from my daughter. She was concerned because my daughter lives in Southern California. Of course, I’ve talked to my daughter repeatedly today - well - I talk to her repeatedly everyday but talked to her more today.

I had called my daughter last night to check on her because I was concerned about the fires out there. She told me the fires were up in Los Angeles so she was not in any danger. Cool! Now we just had to worry about my husband’s daughter who lives in Los Angeles.

First thing this morning my daughter called me. She was driving to work and told me she was surrounded by fire. Of course I panicked, but she reassured me that she just meant she couldn’t take certain roads because of fire, that she wasn’t in any real danger.

Fires in San Diego

I called her at her work today and she told me that the fire was inland from her and not to worry. She called me from her cell phone a little later. She had gone outside and said she was covered with ash. We just talked a few minutes because she was coughing. She said the air was thick with smoke and ash was falling like rain.

She sent the photo above that she took with her cell phone from the parking lot of her job. She said its usually clear and beautiful to look over the ocean, but the scene is obscured because of the smoke. She has kept me updated all day. She has a bag ready to go if she has to evacuate. The apartment building she lived in just a month ago was evacuated last night.

When my mother called to ask about her I updated her on everything I knew about it and assured her that my daughter is safe. Mother said we always worry about our children no matter how old they get. That’s true. She said, ‘Its really pretty crazy to have children’. I laughed and told her she must really be crazy because she had seven children.

My mother has said in the past that children are on your feet when they are little and on your heart when they’re grown. Boy, is that ever the truth.