I still smell the smoke.

In an instant, everything changed.

It’s been two weeks since I fled the fires, and I still smell the smoke. It’s impossible, though, cause I’m not in California anymore. I’ve relocated to Brooklyn, NY.

Time is a confusing notion at the moment. The time it took me to evacuate from my home and get to my son, who was at preschool, went by in a flash. It was over 4 hours. Someone else picked…