My Yesterdays by gardenfolk

My Yesterdays

Where I was born
Where I was raised
Where I keep all
my yesterdays.
...Anonymous

I found out today, my childhood home did burn down. Pacific Palisades was my home for the first 28 years of my life. It is gone. My town is gone. Everything is gone.

I am taking time to grieve along with all the other Palisadians. They understand just how much was lost. Their memories are my memories. My heart is broken.

Thank you for all your support and kindness in my previous posts. I deeply appreciate you.

If you can open the Facebook post below, it describes how I feel perfectly. It is so beautifully written.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/45502513589/permalink/10161363572388590/?mibextid=wwXIfr




Words seem insufficient. Unbearable pain and loss for so many. My love is with you, dear one.
January 16th, 2025  
Lovely
January 16th, 2025  
Beautiful
January 16th, 2025  
My condolences in your grieving - such unbearable loss for all who have lost their homes and memories . A beautiful gardenia drenched in your tears !
January 16th, 2025  
A beautiful capture and blossom. Sending positive and healing thoughts for you and all those who lost their homes. So heartbreaking and sad 🥲
January 16th, 2025  
The fires have caused so much heartbreak and devastation. Sending hugs across the ocean.
January 16th, 2025  
Oh I’m so sorry. I believe you have shared photos of your childhood home in the past, just devastating that it is gone.
January 16th, 2025  
Such devastating news for you! I have gone through all your uploads and it is all so heartbreaking🥲 Sending love and hugs.
January 16th, 2025  
Beautiful and dreamy like our memories. I’m sorry for your loss. Not knowing where you’re from, I’m from Southern California and I grieve as I watch and it’s not just all my old haunts that have burned and are gone but also several friends have lost literally everything it their lives. Just devastating. Please take care and shine as much as you can to help spread some hope. ❤️‍🩹
January 16th, 2025  
we underestimate mother nature too much - so sorry for this news
January 16th, 2025  
A beautiful capture. Sorry to hear that your childhood home was lost in the fire. I hope these fires will soon be under control, so much devastation
January 16th, 2025  
Memories last.
January 16th, 2025  
I'm so sorry for your news - what a terrible loss of memories for you and what a terrible loss for so many.
January 16th, 2025  
@elatedpixie I was born and raised in Pacific Palisades for my first 28 years. All last week I posted about my heart break for my hometown.❤️
January 16th, 2025  
Beautiful image. Such a sad situation.
January 16th, 2025  
A beautiful photo but so full of tears! I read the Facebook post, Cathee! Ohh, so much heartbreak with so much loss! Please know we are here for you as you grieve! We can't really know the deep deep ache that you and others are feeling, but we can stand with you and hug you from afar! xo
January 17th, 2025  
@365projectorgheatherb ❤️❤️❤️
January 17th, 2025  
I am so sorry to hear of your terrible loss along with all who are devastated in their losses of homes and property. Beautiful flower and capture for this sad time in history.
January 17th, 2025  
A piece of your life has returned to ashes. So sorry for the loss you are feeling. A lovely photo of the gardenia.
January 17th, 2025  
Beautiful capture. I love the raindrops. So sorry to hear about your old neighborhood and home.
January 17th, 2025  
A beautiful tribute photo. The devastation is unimaginable.
January 17th, 2025  
Excellent whites.
January 17th, 2025  
@casablanca @joansmor @tinley23 @beryl @ludwigsdiana @merrelyn @louannwarren @pamknowler @elatedpixie @koalagardens @carolmw @tunia @robz @carole_sandford @365projectorgheatherb @wendyfrost @randystreat @shutterbug49 @amyk @photohoot

Everything is gone. Yes, I do have my memories and I lived there at the best time. I was blessed and lucky. I am still at a loss and worried about the current owner of my home. It burned down and I do not know what she will do now at the age of 80 years old. She does have a son who I hope lives some where near and can help her. Thank you for your kind and supportive comments during this difficult time to my native state with these wildfires in Los Angeles.

January 18th, 2025  
I am so sorry. This is such a devastating event.
Your photo is a beautiful tribute.
January 18th, 2025  
So many lost their homes to the devastating fires last week. I have three friends, among the thousands of others, who lost theirs and all their possessions. It’s beyond comprehension.
This will have lasting effects for all of us in California.
January 19th, 2025  
I’m sorry for your loss.
January 20th, 2025  
@vesna0210 Thank you.💕
January 21st, 2025  
Just to say you are still much on my mind as you process this. Sending love your way from my corner of England xx
January 22nd, 2025  
😢 The world is crying with you, CC. You have your memories now. Something to hold on to forever. HUGS from Ohio.
January 22nd, 2025  
So sorry for your loss.
January 22nd, 2025  
Condolences
January 27th, 2025  
So sad ... condolences
Beautiful capture fav
January 30th, 2025  
Such a devastating loss… prayers for all the victims and their families. Lovely photo.
February 1st, 2025  
@casablanca @joansmor @tinley23 @beryl @ludwigsdiana @merrelyn @louannwarren @pamknowler @elatedpixie @koalagardens @carolmw @tunia @robz @carole_sandford @365projectorgheatherb @wendyfrost @randystreat @shutterbug49 @shutterbug49 @amyk @photohoot @corinnec @redy4et @vesna0210 @casablanca @gillian1912 @briaan @fayefaye @kvphoto

The Palisades Fire ripped my heart out and turned me into a puddle of tears. Not only for the current residents who lost their homes but for the loss of my childhood town and community that was my foundation growing up. It burned all the landmarks, my home and town I remembered and grew up in with such devastation. It was unfathomable for me to accept. The town was there for 102 years, then burned to the ground in two days. I am still having trouble accepting this.

So I have been in a Palisades group that has been supporting and reminiscing how wonderful our childhood was. It has helped me to be corresponding with others that understood how lucky we were to grow up in the Pacific Palisades when we did. Thank you all for your support and understanding in my absence.

I had a storybook life in a storybook place.

I hope to be back very soon. And I will fill in the rest of January with photos of my childhood and memories of the Palisades before and after the fire.
February 1st, 2025  
@gardenfolk I have been wondering how you are doing, Cathee. Please- no rush- only come back when you feel ready. The Palisades group sounds so good for your individual and collective grieving and healing. Thinking of you! Hugs!!!
February 2nd, 2025  
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