THE RIDE

TODAY WAS A NICE DAY WARM,BUT BREEZY,WE DECIDED TO TAKE A DRIVE TO THE LAKEFRONT IN NEW ORLEANS,WE DROVE TO THE LAKE,PASTS HOMES THAT WERE STILL ABANDONED,SOME THAT WERE BEING REPAIRED AND SOME THAT THE FOUNDATION WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT,IT DOESNT HURT AS MUCH AS IT DID ,BUT IT STILL BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES.ALL THOSE SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS WE ATE AT ,ARE NO LONGER THERE .THEY WERE LITERALLY WASHED INTO THE LAKE DURING KATRINA,ITS SO SAD BECAUSE THOSE RESTAURANTS WERE NEAT CAUSE YOU COULD SIT IN THE RESTAURANT AND SEE BOATS ,YACHTS AND SHRIMP BOATS PASSING BY.
NOW ,ITS JUST NOTHING THERE.THE BOAT HOUSES ARE MOSTLY GONE.ITS JUST SO SO SO SAD.THIS WAS ..PART OF NAWLINS .EVEN THE LIGHT HOUSE IS GONE .THAT IS SO SAD.I CRY AND I JUST CLOSE MY EYES AND IN MY MIND I REMEMBER WHAT IT LOOKED BACK THEN.I FEEL SAD FOR THE CHILDREN GROWING UP,THEY WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT THE LAKE LOOKED LIKE.ITS SAD SO SAD.
ITS 3YRS FRIDAY ,THAT THE DAMN KATIRNA CHANGED ALL OF OUR LIVES,IT DESTROYED OUR HOMES ,OUR LAKES AND THE PARKS ETC.THE WAVES WAS CRASHING OVER THE SEAWALL.AND I GOT SAD,AND I THINK OF THE KATRINA,
IT IS SAD BECAUSE WHEN ME AND MY HUSBAND DATED,WE BOTH ENJOYED GOING TO THE LAKE AND SIT ON THE SEAWALLS AND FEEL THE SALT AIR ON OUR FACES.
BUT....NOW ,THE SALT WATER ,BRINGS ONLY FEAR,,,AS THE MEMORIES OF KATRINA
JOGS INTO MY MIND.
KATRINA ,WAS SUCH A HORRIFIC DISASTER,THAT EFFECTED EVERYONE LIVES THEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO EFFECT OUR CHILDRENS LIVES.THE DAMAGE
TO OUR COMMUNINTY IS ENORMOUS AND IT TRIED TO BREAK US DOWN ,BUT
WE ARE STRONG.I WILL ,,,AM WORKING ON MY...PROBLEMS..EVERY DAY.
ITS ONE DAY A T A TIME
REMEMBER THE LOVE YOU TAKE IS EQUAL TO THE LOVE YOU MAKE