hurricane katrina: Coming Home After Katrina
- 11/17/08 11:40 AM
This will be a difficult post for me, emotions high and wounds still very much open. Beaufort is my home, but I was born and raised near the coast of Mississippi.
As all southern women, my roots are as strong and deep as those of the sweet gum trees that line the streets.
There is an unmistakable, irreplaceable, pride that simply comes standard with a birth certificate signed in the state of Mississippi.
I am sitting in the Ole Brook library checking my email (parents still have dial up) and the water stained carpet, the missing ceiling tiles, and the diminished … (35 comments)
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This will be a difficult post for me, emotions high and wounds still very much open. Beaufort is my home, but I was born and raised near the coast of Mississippi.
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