Danielle Sink

Protecting the environment is a very good thought, but going about it in a way that is damaging, it doesn't help the cause and it doesn't help the earth. I just thought they were being complete idiots.

Protecting the environment is a very good thought, but going about it in a way that is damaging, it doesn't help the cause and it doesn't help the earth. I just thought they were being complete idiots.

The kids wanted to make sure that Santa knew how to come to the new house in addition to the old house. They were worried that, you know, if we moved, there might be a problem there.

The kids wanted to make sure that Santa knew how to come to the new house in addition to the old house. They were worried that, you know, if we moved, there might be a problem there.

The boys are having fun, and we're talking, and then suddenly my husband's like, there's helicopters. There were multiple helicopters that you could hear flying over.

The boys are having fun, and we're talking, and then suddenly my husband's like, there's helicopters. There were multiple helicopters that you could hear flying over.

The entire sky over the mountain was glowing. It was nighttime and you could see helicopters and flashing lights from fire trucks.

The entire sky over the mountain was glowing. It was nighttime and you could see helicopters and flashing lights from fire trucks.

There was a line of cars going all through the neighborhood.

There was a line of cars going all through the neighborhood.

He looked at me and said, our house is burning down. The fire and the glow were so big that we knew that the house was gone. There's no way the firefighters could have saved it.

He looked at me and said, our house is burning down. The fire and the glow were so big that we knew that the house was gone. There's no way the firefighters could have saved it.

You can see the flames going towards Tom's house from the wind, and I was very fearful that his house was going to burn, and if that burned, then the mountain would go up.

You can see the flames going towards Tom's house from the wind, and I was very fearful that his house was going to burn, and if that burned, then the mountain would go up.

The mountain looked pristine, and my lot was just a burned-out black apocalypse in the middle of this beautiful neighborhood.

The mountain looked pristine, and my lot was just a burned-out black apocalypse in the middle of this beautiful neighborhood.

Everything else was charred and black and on the ground.

Everything else was charred and black and on the ground.

And said, bam, this is yours. And he held out his hand and there was a little ceramic Santa Claus. He found it in the rubble, pulled it out of the rubble and gave it to me. Just the night before it had been bright red with rosy cheeks. And now he had baked in the fire back to just a plain white ceramic fireplace.

And said, bam, this is yours. And he held out his hand and there was a little ceramic Santa Claus. He found it in the rubble, pulled it out of the rubble and gave it to me. Just the night before it had been bright red with rosy cheeks. And now he had baked in the fire back to just a plain white ceramic fireplace.