August 29, 2015, the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

       Tenth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

August 29, 2015 was a day of bitter/sweet memories. It was not a day I wanted to celebrate, but I was thrust into a celebration in the subdivision where I have lived for 30 years. 

I am the newly volunteered editor of the Pontchartrain Park Patriot newsletter. I grew up in the subdivision as a child and after my divorce, I wanted to raise my children in that same environment ,so I brought a house here on October 14, 1985. Twenty-five years later Hurricane Katrina poured 14 feet of water on our neighborhood and erased the fond memories of my children memorabilia and my extensive poster and literature collection.

Enough of the pity party, so  we celebrated and we moved on, but our city, our community, our people will never be the same again.