I have never had to reschedule a session......until yesterday. The circumstances were not pleasant. I am sure you have all been watching the news and how Horrific the conditions are throughout Corona,Anaheim Hills,Yorba Linda,Chino Hills, and now Diamond Bar. It is just terrible. What started out to be a morning of dance with Mia, then back to drop her to Jim then off to my session with the Hite family, then Sunday, a session with 5 sweet little boys and the Macias family. Well, no. I headed out via the 91 fwy and was dead stopped almost immediately....I wondered what in the world would be causing traffic on a Saturday morning....SMOKE ahead is what I saw...it looked bad. An hour and a half later, and only traveling about 6 miles, I called the dance studio then went back home. Thinking it would be under control, I decided to drag the fam along for carpooling, to the session and have them drop me off at the location and let them hang around shoreline village while I worked with the Hite's. Well, we were shocked and amazed at the site when we got back on the freeway. Unbelievable traffic. Fire trucks from various locations sirening for us to move aside through bumper to bumper traffic, media vans surrounding the lanes, then paramedics, the the CDF, it was unbelievable. We were listening to the news on the radio and hearing that the freeways have been shut down and traffic was being diverted, homes are being lost, flames are jumping the freeways and the fire is rapidly spreading. My sister-in-law called from Chino Hills while watching the amazement on the News, and stated we better divert and get off asap. We were diverted at the 71 which leads straight to her place, so that's where we landed. The smoke was unreal and what we saw from her doorstep just left us in AW. In the 3 hour time span that we were driving, the fire had moved so rapidly from one city to another in a matter of hours. We finally left her house around 8:00 and when we reached home, we could see the flames all the way in Chino Hills, from our own backyard in Riverside....that's the last photo.
It is just awful....so, this Sunday's Post is in honor of those firefighters, families, homeowners, and everyone who is currently being effected by mother nature's fire that is ripping through your areas and threatening or destroying your lives, your hard work, and your memories. I pray that everyone you know has reached you and is safe. My heart goes out to each and every one of you., and special thanks and honor go out to the firefighters who are risking their lives to protect all that we love......Please keep these families and firefighters in your thoughts tonight and days to come.....
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