EARTHQUAKE!

Julie C-W
Julie C-W
Sep 6, 2018 · 3 min read

What the Big Sister Does When Left Home Alone…

Photo courtesy https://itsadisaster.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/earthquakes-101/earthquake-japan-road-damage/

Growing up in California should have acclimated (and/or de-sensitized) me to earthquakes. My parents were really into square- and round-dancing when they believed that I was old enough to watch my younger sister for the 2–3 hours they were gone a couple times per week. Until that earthquake hit, that is. It was the one event that made me second-guess my ability to be the “adult” when my parents…

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Julie C-W

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Wife. Mom. Nana. Daughter. Sister. Photographer, wordsmith, lover of life and neither left nor right.

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