When the world outside is burning and the ghosts inside won’t stay quiet, where do you run? In this raw, poetic reflection, one mother recounts a night where the sky glows with wildfire and the past claws its way through the smoke. Haunted by grief, panic, and a growing fear that safety is a myth, she weighs escape against survival—for herself and for her daughter, who’s already seen more devastation than a child ever should.
Part confessional, part reckoning, this episode dives into the terrifying beauty of disaster, the invisible weight of motherhood, and the question every survivor eventually faces:
Is it safer to stay in the fire you know, or flee into the unknown?
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