I am Azure Milton and heart is shattered. The only home my five beautiful champions have ever known is gone-lost in the devastating California Eaton Canyon fire. After being born and raised in our beautiful Altadena home, everything they knew, everything they felt safe in, is gone. This has hit them hard—my babies are struggling, and all I want is to help them find a new beginning. The pain is overwhelming as we all face this, but I will do everything in my strength to offer hope. Right now, they are in desperate need of the basics—clothing, shoes, toiletries, school supplies—everything that we all take for granted. Their needs have grown, yet we remain hopeful. Our hearts ache with each step we take forward. Still, I have faith. I believe that somehow, someway, we will recover, and it will all be okay, because He gives beauty in exchange for ashes.

-Isaiah 61:3