Douthit Fire

Laura Douthit came home tonight to her girls (who've been camping out at the Strawn's all week) and a simple pot of stew & biscuits, with hopes that Mark will return before the weekend is over. In between smoke inhalation, running Mark to the ER for stitches, cooking food (with gas stove and no electricity) to feed firemen, running fire lines, cleaning up after the sleeping firefighters, manning the phones, thanking people endlessly, fending off reporters, packing up years worth of memories, and (excuse the pun) keeping her "cool under fire" with the in-laws, Laura snapped a few photos to share. As many of you continue to keep them in your prayers, I show you their beautiful land, now forever changed. The trees will grow back in their grand-children's lifetime, the grass will be green again, the wildlife will return to breed and fill the country side. But for now, things are a little bit sad. And things look a little bit different. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. We love you, Douthits.

If you wish to read about the Douthit Fire.....

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There are at least a dozen articles from Nebraska newspapers today.