‘Nothing to go back to’: the way of life lost to New Mexico’s historic fire

For Kathryn Mahan and her husband, Jamie, the front steps of their home in the northern New Mexico village of Las Dispensas were a family touchstone. The couple built the house themselves in 2015 and fashioned the steps out of concrete blocks. Every year they photographed their daughter, Rayyah, on them – as Rayyah grew, the steps stayed the same.The largest wildfire in New Mexico history has suddenly changed all that.