{"id":5341,"date":"2025-01-15T08:20:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T08:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/15\/sometimes-the-water-is-calm-and-sometimes-it-is-overwhelming\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T08:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T08:20:34","slug":"sometimes-the-water-is-calm-and-sometimes-it-is-overwhelming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/15\/sometimes-the-water-is-calm-and-sometimes-it-is-overwhelming\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes the water is calm and sometimes it is overwhelming"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><div>My heart and prayers go out to all the fire victims.\u00a0 I lost my home in a fire storm in 1992 and I know first hand that fire creates its own path, its own weather, its own voice and it leaves devastation and grief in its wake. \u00a0Fire does not discriminate; it doesn\u2019t care if you are rich or poor, young or old. Losing a home, cherished memories, or even loved ones to a fire brings a profound and unpredictable grief. The aftermath can feel like an endless tide of emotions\u2014shock, sorrow, anger and even moments of hope as rebuilding begins. Just like the ocean\u2019s waves, some days might bring calm reflection, while others feel like an insurmountable surge of loss. Learning to swim finding strength in community, accepting help, and taking steps\u2014no matter how small\u2014toward healing and recovery.Rain Silverhawk\n<form id=\"searchHomesForm\" action=\"https:\/\/www.northidahosandpoint.com\/forms\/listing\/searchwidget\/\" target=\"_top\">\nSearch HomesArea <select id=\"area-select\"><option value=\"26034\">Sandpoint<\/option><option value=\"25995\">Bayview<\/option><option value=\"25997\">Bonners Ferry<\/option><option value=\"25997\">Careywood<\/option><option value=\"26001\">Clark Fork<\/option><option value=\"26003\">Cocolalla<\/option><option value=\"138420\">Colburn<\/option><option value=\"138998\">Dover<\/option><option value=\"26014\">Hayden<\/option><option value=\"26015\">Hope<\/option><option value=\"132045\">Kootenai<\/option><option value=\"138314\">Laclede<\/option><option value=\"26020\">Moyie Springs<\/option><option value=\"26022\">Naples<\/option><option value=\"133329\">Ponderay<\/option><option value=\"26026\">Porthill<\/option><option value=\"26023\">Priest Lake Nordman<\/option><option value=\"26029\">Priest River<\/option><option value=\"26031\">Rathdrum<\/option><option value=\"26032\">Sagle<\/option><option value=\"26034\">Sandpoint<\/option><option value=\"26036\">Spirit Lake<\/option><\/select>Price<br>\n<input id=\"min-price\" type=\"text\">to<br>\n<input id=\"max-price\" type=\"text\"><br>\nSearch Now<br>\n<\/form>\n<p>Come See Listings or more about Rain Silverhawk at<br>\nhttp:\/\/www.northidahosandpoint.com<br>\nhttp:\/\/www.sandpointlisting.com<br>\nrain@lakeandhomes.comRain Silverhawk RealtorSandpoint Realty LLC1205 Hwy 2 STE 203 B |\u00a0 Sandpoint, ID. 83864 Phone (208)\u00a0 610-0011<\/p><\/div>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My heart and prayers go out to all the fire victims.\u00a0 I lost my home in a fire storm in 1992 and I know first hand that fire creates its own path, its own weather, its own voice and it leaves devastation and grief in its wake. \u00a0Fire does not discriminate; it doesn\u2019t care if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[33,34,19,32,20,31,30],"class_list":["post-5341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activerain","tag-homes-for-sale","tag-land-for-sale","tag-north-idaho","tag-north-idaho-real-estate","tag-rain-silverhawk","tag-sandpoint-real-estate","tag-sandpoint-realty"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdz2Zu-1o9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}