The events since the Fourmile Canyon fire nearly two years ago
have been sad and emotionally overwhelming. That fire not only
destroyed my house, but the houses of 168 of my mountain
neighbors, including 10 of my most immediate neighbors.  As
hundreds of Colorado families start rebuilding their lives after
this summer's fires, I'm reminded of the process. It's hard
enough shopping for socks, sport coats, shoes, jeans, coats,
t-shirts and underwear at the same time. But if you add dishes,
silverware, pots and pans, spatulas, lamps, clocks and
furniture, it quickly becomes a huge burden. And I'm not even
talking about searching for a place to temporarily live, or
looking for a new place to buy, which we also had to do. Add to
that list replacing bedding, medications, dog food, a computer,
driver's license, credit cards — well, you get the idea.  At 20
it would have been challenging but fun. At a later station in
life (over 20), it felt like a lot of work, and there was no fun
in it at all.  But there was healin