There's green grass now sprouting from the blackened earth left by the wildfires, a sense of renewal that's being felt by more than just the landscape.
"I have to believe that the worst is over," said Cindy Laws when we first met her in mid-August.
"We've lost a lot," she said.
They were in survival mode. Their home burned to the ground, and with no insurance, they had set up a series of tents as their new home.
"We got it rigged where you can just turn it on and you take a shower," she demonstrated.
Her16 year-old son Cody was trying to keep a stiff upper lip.
"Everything is going to be better, it can only go up," he said.
But Mom, frankly, had no idea how long this would have to last.
"We literally don't know what we're going to do right now," she said.
Fortunately, for them, watching their story...
"They were living in tents," was a woman with generosity as large as the flames that wreaked so much havoc.
"I just wanted to give back," said the woman.
She got in touch with Cindy...
"They said we want to give you a house," said Cindy.
"She kind of thought it was, the way I took it, are you serious?" said the donor.
"And I said are you kidding me? No one just gives you a house," said Cindy.
But Hope, not her real name, but perfect for this story, and to protect her identity, did just that. Why?
"Aren't we supposed to by what the Bible says, maybe I'm not supposed to talk about religion but, help our fellow neighbor?" she asked.
Cindy will give you a very neighborly tour of her new home.
"This is my new laundry room," she beams.
And through the guest room window? A view of the uncertain past.
"Is it weird to look through and see the tents that you were just living in? Yeah, it is, cause you look at it empty now and it's like, I was really sleeping in that little thing?" she said.
A $40,000 act of kindness that hope doesn't want credit for it.
"Really it's the smart man above that moved me and touched me," she said.
A kindness Cody happily puzzles over.
"There's no way to understand or explain it," he said.
An act of Hope, by Hope, inspiring hope.
"That just blows my mind that someone could be that nice to me," said Cindy.
