Table Of ContentPhoenix Rising by Leslie Aplin Wharton Poem: I Know the Color Gray by Jenn Nolte Here Be Dragons by Barbara Nickless After Disaster, Beauty Remains by Kendra Eucker Life on Melvina Hill by Ann Lansing No Ordinary Fire by Sandi Yukman My Paradise by Louise Creager Poem: Shades by Beth Cutter The 503: The Things We Leave Behind by Melissa Fry Starting Over by Jackie Klausmeyer Rising from the Ashes by Yvette Trantham The Dream by Jenn Nolte Canyon Spirit by Bonnie Antich Irreplaceable Things by Susan Ruane McConnell Poem: Tempered, Forged, Tensiled FREE by Astrid Fire on the Mountain by Cheryl Delany The Wildfire of Birth by Amanda DeAngelis The Thoughtful Side of Insanity by AnnMarie Arbo For Better or for Worse by Linda Masterson Finding Meaning in the Fire by Bethany Trantham Walking through Fire by Kristen Moeller
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SynopsisHow do you go on after you've lost everything? Over several terrifying summers, deadly wildfires raged across Colorado. Lives were lost, and the flames destroyed thousands of homes. When the smoke cleared and only rubble remained, survivors were left trying to find a way forward against devastating loss. The aftermath of that destruction would span many years, and its effects are still felt today. In "Phoenix Rising", twenty women share their stories of fire, the terror they felt as flames engulfed their communities, and the dark desperation that followed. And how---in the ensuing weeks and months---they worked to recreate a life from the ashes. Their tales of fear and bravery, of deep compassion and heart-rending grief, offer an uplifting chronicle of human courage and resilience. In "Phoenix Rising" written by women united by wildfire, they have the privilege of stepping into those moments to stand in the hallways of their shock and fear, grief and disorientation, and then, armed with the wisdom of retrospection, walking out into whatever comes next., How do you go on after you've lost everything? Over several terrifying summers, deadly wildfires raged across Colorado. Lives were lost, and the flames destroyed thousands of homes. When the smoke cleared and only rubble remained, survivors were left trying to find a way forward against devastating loss. The aftermath of that destruction would span, How do you go on after you've lost everything? Over several terrifying summers, deadly wildfires raged across Colorado. Lives were lost, and the flames destroyed thousands of homes. When the smoke cleared and only rubble remained, survivors were left trying to find a way forward against devastating loss. The aftermath of that destruction would span many years, and its effects are still felt today. In "Phoenix Rising," twenty women share their stories of fire, the terror they felt as flames engulfed their communities, and the dark desperation that followed. And how---in the ensuing weeks and months---they worked to recreate a life from the ashes. Their tales of fear and bravery, of deep compassion and heart-rending grief, offer an uplifting chronicle of human courage and resilience. In "Phoenix Rising" written by women united by wildfire, they have the privilege of stepping into those moments to stand in the hallways of their shock and fear, grief and disorientation, and then, armed with the wisdom of retrospection, walking out into whatever comes next.