My thoughts

This week has been so distracting with thoughts of worry for the area that I grew up. I will always be drawn to Arizona. It has a tight hold on me. We moved here to this community in Idaho specifically because it reminded me of my hometown even down to the crappy wind which I didn't know about until after we moved here. I wanted my kids to have what I had growing up. When we were deciding where to move from the valley, I would have done anything to live in Eagar but there wasn't enough to sustain us moneywise so we chose here instead. And we love it.
I have been praying for Wallow Fire in Arizona. It has ruined the places that I grew up and enjoyed with family and friends. I call it Round Valley but it is two towns that make it up, Springerville and Eagar. I worry for those that were evacuated and the heartache that people are feeling. This place means so much to me. My lifelong friendships that I created came from there, finding the church, and just a sense of hometown pride came from there as well. This place and people molded me and made me who I am. It is indescribable.
I will be heading here in less than 3 weeks for my high school reunion. I am really excited to see old friends. but I am scared of what I am going to see. I am sad, too. My own kids get to see where I grew up. Personally I think Brayden only whined about going is so that he could ride in an airplane. Ha ha.  
Imagine a community of 5000 being told they need to leave their home and belongings behind. Some actually stayed behind like my best friend's parents. What would you take and can you find it fast? This is what I have been worrying about all week too? Where is that darn birth certificate? Where are all my pictures of my kids? Is that important enough? Where will I go?

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