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| Thu, 10-30-2003 - 3:59pm |
During the last week the smoke and ash was so thick that I could not breathe. By yesterday I had... had it so I reached out for help from you yesterday and today every thing turned around. To see so many people loose their lives and homes in this firestorm… plus not knowing where the significant others in our life were for the past few day… was too heart breaking for me to hold in all by myself... So I shared with you girls what was in my heart and you all respond with an out pouring of support.
I have not read the responses to my numerous posts I wrote yesterday but I know they are filled with love, support, prayers, angels, and positive thoughts for all of us in Southern California because two fires out of 11 have now been put out completely.
I got up today at 11:30 after going to bed in the wee hours of the morning. And to my surprise and for the first time in a week I opened up the shutters in my bedroom and saw heavenly blue skies and the hills of saddle back canyon in the distance and would you believe a few rain clouds. Wow! Blue skies and cleaner air!!! With a slight wind blowing from the ocean towards the east and we are expecting rain... can you believe that rain and snow in the mountains where the fires are still going strong.
Plus I am happy to inform you all that the significant others in my life are accounted for. But it is still heart breaking a very sad that we have lost 20 people in the firestorms so far.... My prayers and angels go out to all the people who lost a loved one during this past week while the fires raged totally out of control. So far the fires have destroyed over 3,000 homes which doesn’t matter when looking at how many people survived this hell on earth. Like I said we have 9 more fires to put out as of this writing so we are not out of the woods yet so keep those angels, prayers, and positive vibes flowing in our direction.
I can not thank you enough for what ever you threw our/my way via from your personal arsenals because what ever you all are doing is helping the fire fighters win the war with the fires.
Today I am out of the hospital and since the air has cleared up in our area hopefully I can stay out the hospital during the duration of these firestorms. Keep your fingers crossed because I am still on oxygen and breathing machines here at home as I write this.
I think me writing how these firestorms have affected me personally in a post to the world via ivillage boards was a good positive thing for me to do because now I know I was/and not now ever alone as these firestorms still blaze out of control in my part of the world. And now I feel reenergize to keep breathing.
The love, positive vibes, angels and prayers and support and emails I received from all the many boards at ivillage I posted on is overwhelming and touched my heart in ways that it has ever been touched before. I just can not say Mahalo enough to all the people who took the time to read all those posts I scattered through out ivillage… Mahalo for caring for this lost soul.
Also, I want to thank all of you who read my plead for help in my "California Firestorm" post and then copied it and posted it on other message boards through out the web. My email box is over flowing with love hugs and well wishes and messages which has informed me I was never alone in my battle to survive the California firestorms. 99% of you were strangers to me but now I consider you all my friends.
Lastly, I want to thank those who appreciated me writing such a personal post to the world as to how the fires were affecting me personally. It is one thing to be informed and watch these California firestorms on t.v. but they do not (like many of you told me) really become personal or hit home until some one like me goes beyond their comfort zone and talks from their heart without B.S. as to how it feels to be in the middle of all this. Those responses which told me that my message made such an impact as to how you now will view the firestorms on t.v. made me feel so much better for writing it. I did not want to sound like a drama queen or like someone who was loosing it so I am so thankful that you understand where I am coming from...
My asthma is real bad today but my heart is happy and my shoulders feels like a ton has been lifted from them because now I know you are out there and rooting for all of us who has been personally affected by these firestorms which are continually raping the world’s environment as I write this.
Mahalo a infinite whole bunches again and again for all the angels, love, understanding, positive vibes, prayers and what ever else you took from your arsenals to help us all of cope with these California Firestorms. Please keep them coming!
Aloha,
Leilani

Prayers continue for those in danger. Do take care and stay strong. :)
~Golly~
Good to see you again hon.
The power of prayer, the power of many all work together.
Good to hear things are getting a bit better today ..
Such will continue tomorrow.
May you feel good and enjoy your blue skies :)
"Mel on Wheels"
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