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Katrina Recovery - More Photo Journal
Jane wrote: CatNipped wrote: Sorry I haven't been around for a while. I wouldn't even be posting now (because of the pain in my arm) except that I promised everyone I'd let them know as soon as more pictures from my daughter's family's photo-journal of their recovery from Katrina. All I can say is wow, just...... WOW! OK, this is so impressive to me because I can't hammer in a nail without smashing my thumb. The fact that my daughter and her husband did *EVERYTHING* themselves... Every. Single. Thing. The roof, the plumbing, the electric wiring, the windows, the walls, laid flooring, put in the tiles around the tub, etc., etc., etc. *I AM BLOWN AWAY WITH PRIDE*!!! As well you should be! What they've done is nothing sort of miraculous. The girls will remember this for the rest of their lives, and be proud. It's THEIR place now, right? No more attachment to your ex? So they're building it all for themselves. I love the pink room, by the way. Very cool. For what it's worth, there's a guy who has been hanging around the DC area, begging. He's in a wheelchair, and his story is that he lost everything in the hurricane. Unfortunately, I know YOU and your story, and all I want to do is show him the pictures of what they've done, and say, 'So what have you been doing for a year? Begging?' Hmph. Yes, I'm cold-hearted. There are just too many of our local beggers already, and now we have imported them. While your children are doing something productive to get their lives back. You should be PROUD. They have a wonderful story. It should be published. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita I *AM* so incredibly proud of them. Looking at the first pictures after their return, it would be easy to understand them feeling so hopeless and overwhelmed that they just gave up. But they didn't. They didn't stand around and whine (no rpca t-shirt for *them*! ;). They didn't cry and moan and stick their hands out for charity. They didn't wait around for the government to bail them out (like some of the evacuees still here in Houston, *DEMANDING* that the government give them homes - which most didn't have because they never worked for them to begin with). They rolled up their sleeves and they got to work and they didn't let the enormity of their task overwhelm them in the least. I have to say, my daughter has more courage and determination that *I* have! Hugs, CatNipped |
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