pictures

mandatory evacuation for scripps ranch.
oh great, i think, let's brace ourselves for round two.

packing up pictures is what made me cry yesterday.
images of kristin and i smiling when we were younger,
hurriedly sorting through a drawer,
and putting them into a box and
trying to think of what else to bring.
my dad called--
i asked: "what do you want me to pack?"
not clothes, not toiletries,
but those pictures were what he wanted first.
"there's a drawer under the bed,
you know, on the side; i want you to pack
those pictures of you and your sister when you were little.
take all the pictures."


but all is safe and well for my family and i,
i am so relieved.

for the people in rancho bernardo, escondido, encinitas,
poway, and other areas, call on anyone and we will be
right there.