Thank You Mississippi

I was going through my pictures the other day and came across this "Katrina" house I saw last Fall in Bay St. Louis, MS. I remember when I saw it because it was such a surprise to not only see how cute it was, but the humor and stamina this homeowner obviously displayed after losing everything they owned except this piece of property. I didn't have my camera with me, but had my trusty cell phone, so quickly took a picture while we were driving down this road. I believe above the front door it read "The East Wing".

What a lot of people don't realize is that Mississippi was hit much harder than New Orleans. In N.O. they still have their building and maybe some personal items they were able to salvage. In Mississippi people lost everything - it was all taken by the Gulf. Absolutely nothing remained. No house, no appliances, no furniture, no cars, no shrubs - just complete devastation. And all that stuff is somewhere in the Gulf. The theatre my aunt and mom went to as kids is gone, along with the shops and restaurants that I came to love during my visits.

Thank God for the volunteers that you see around the Gulf Coast that are still trying to clean up and rebuild. It will never look the same, as the pecan and oak trees are almost all destroyed and the beautiful antebellum homes along the Gulf Highway are all gone. But the people there have a great love for the Gulf Coast and will continue to live and rebuild their dream.

So for all those that live along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, I say thank you for enduring probably the worst storm in your history and for wanting to rebuild the towns along the coast highway that held my family's past.