Thursday, September 15th, 2016

Dear Me, Today is a significant day, not in greatness. Today marks the second anniversary of the Boles Fire. A day trauma struck. When I look back I see images of smoke. Or us fleeing the play ground, air so thick it was hard to breathe. The world tinted red, the heat on our faces, the terror and worry we felt. I think of the moments where I wanted to help but didn't know how. Lending out my phone didn't seem like nearly enough. The fear once I realised they didn't believe me. My mother out of town food shopping didn't believe her daughter when told a fire had struck. The knowledge of knowing your pet was locked inside your home with no way out. The fact that my mother couldn't come and take me away from the scene. These are the images and feelings embedded in my brain. I would love to forget but that will never happen. Wherever you might be when you receive this, take the time to reflect because it is a miracle no one died on this day which will then be three years prior.