Written in Sacramento

 

 

She tied her hair back in a ponytail

Dropped to her knees

And loved me.

 

Not with grand declarations,

nor promises cast in the wind,

But with quiet hands

and patients eyes.

 

The evening settled around us,

Soft as a blanket of fading gold,

While the world beyond the window,

Carried on without notice.

 

She smiled,

And in that simple moment,

Every horror I carried

Seemed a little further away.

 

No music played, 

No audience applauded

Yet it felt like the kind of scene

We spent a lifetime searching for -

 

Two souls,

Stripped of pretense

Finding a home

In each others presence. 

 

 

 

Resilience Redined by the University of British Columbia

In 2025, the University of British Columbia (UBC) published Resilience Redifined: Devloping Roadmaps to Innovative Emergency Management for the University of British Columbia. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am honored that the authors referenced my work in Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (HVA) so heavily in their research and publication.

#thankyou

 

 

January 10 4.35pm

By the grace of God, had someone else not been aware, my life would have ended.

 ...and my children would never know.

This is the second but different brush I have had

...and I am grateful for my children who did not have to endure "another parent" sucumbing.

#healing