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Nothing Like a Wildfire to Get Your Priorities in Check...

Nothing Like a Wildfire to Get Your Priorities in Check...

By Maria Shriver
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What a week it has been.

Wednesday, I awoke to the smell of smoke inside my home. I rushed to my back door and found that smoke filled the air outside as well. Immediately, I knew something was wrong.

I turned on the news and saw that wildfires were raging out of control just a few miles from my home. I watched in disbelief as firefighters battled brush and winds on the hillside along our big freeway, which was engulfed in flames.

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