Our friends the Sprinkles lost everything in the Altadena fire. We are reaching out to ask that you help us get them back on their feet.

Fred, Erin and their boys, Isaiah and Andre, moving in next door was one of the luckiest things to ever happen to us. They were, without a doubt, the best thing about living in Altadena for the five years our family and theirs shared a yard, driveway and countless memories in our little compound off Altadena Dr.

Images leap to mind of the Sprinkle boys and my daughter, Georgia, on the rope swing, the trampoline, the play set, racing through the yard or leaping from the furniture along a network of pillows in a raucous and rapturous adventure of the imagination.

It pains me to think of that yard, their home and everything in it, lost in the fire. What isn’t lost, thank God, are the neighbors we love. We hope you will join with us in an effort to get them housed again, so the kids can get back to building forts, Lego masterworks, and other adventures.