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Hello, everyone. I hope this project clears up some stuff about why I have been inactive for the past few weeks. I am NOT quitting, I just needed a break. I thank you ALL for all of your kind words and support. Now this is kind of a long story, but I will try to shorten it as much as I can. So, it started last month when my family figured out that my Great Aunt and Uncle's house burned down to the ground. They lost everything, but luckily everyone was safe and was ok. We live on opposite sides of the country, so we could not help them, but they have plenty of family over there who could. Their house is still ruined but they are staying with family. This scared me because I have always been afraid of fire and now a family member's house burned down.Then, two weeks ago, my Aunt and Uncle were at work when they got a text from their landlord saying the insurance was messaging them about a fire in the house. They were 30 minutes away so they worriedly asked the mother-in-law to go check on the house because she only lives 3 minutes away. She drove over there and found fire trucks surrounding what used to be a house. My aunt and uncle drove as fast as they could to their home and found it burned to the ground. !!!WARNING!!! If you are sensitive about talking about death, skip past this section!!! -- They were devastated, but the worst part was that they have two cats, Flynn - 5 years old, and Gizmo - 6 months old. Neither of their poor kitties survived the fire and died from smoke inhalation. The firefighters found them curled up together on the couch. My aunt has two stepdaughters, but cannot have her own children so these kitties were her babies. They were her everything. -- !!!WARNING!!! You may now read from this point on and there will be no more mention of death. My Aunt, Uncle, and two cousins are still devastated about all that has happened and don't have anything. Nothing was salvageable. We did set up a Go Fund Me for them and have raised a few thousand dollars, but it will never replace what they have lost. These past two weeks, I have been donating my extra art supplies, blankets, books, and helping them in any way that I can. So, one reason I have not been on is because I have been busy. Reason two is because looking at cats, especially Shadow, reminds me of them. (Shadow and Gizmo look very similar.) I will try to be more active now, but I have been struggling because not only was this a huge loss, but also a different house in my neighborhood just burned down and there are fires in LA. I am terrified to leave my pets home alone lately and everyone in my family is traumatised. I hope this clears everything up a little bit, and I just ask that people pray for them, they need it. Thank you.