People are still emotional. New Orleans ( and other neighboring states) ravaged hard by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. We saw a different America. A state that looked like some 3rd world country reeking of garbage and floods and people cramped inside the dome. Who could forget that scene where people fighting for shelter to stay. Houses destroyed, buildings wrecked. everywhere you turned you saw the despair and helplessness of people. Floods covered the state. Tears fell at the sight of Americans clinging for help. But that was tback then.. today, they're trying to move on but there will always be that emotional anger. Lives are back to normal now.. but is it?
From The Times Picayune this
article from Jarvis DeBerryLife, we learned after Hurricane Katrina, is not the sum total of one's possessions.
Losing everything isn't fatal. Having nothing isn't terminal.
And yet, there is a pain that comes with losing it all, a pain that remains even after we have new things we can point to and say we own. Continue to read article.
View all Hurricane Katrina Post
----
On Sept 11, 2009..another one to remember.. lest we forget
No comments:
Post a Comment