Its 12:45 a.m. and Im wide awake.

Ive been wide awake at that same time every night for the previous week. I cant get to sleep for at least two hours, and then I toss and turn uneasily till dawn.

I cant figure out why. I may have the occasional struggle with insomnia, but this is uncanny. Nothing I am able to do is able to calm my racing mind. I tap, I meditate, and I still wake up at exactly 12:45 a.m.

Finally, it hit me. Thats when I woke up on October 9 with the realization that something was wrong, the night I looked out the window and saw a wildfire racing toward our house.