Going in to the labyrinth, when I was in San Antonio with my friends, was also an enlightening experience. In the week after I was told ...

For all the people in my life who remind me (who gently admonish me?) to "Breathe!" I must really need the reminder b...

This is the scene that greeted us as we woke up Saturday morning after a restless night. My husband has to have a small fan running (roaring...

Ike is huge. That is all there is to that. We are staying home this time even though I have a feeling that is not the wisest choice we could...

That's the new official motto of the Southwest Louisiana area, declared and so moved by me! Plus, the evacuation was mandatory and I wa...

After much debate, we are heading to my sister's house in Houston around 1:00 A.M. tonight, heeding a recommended evacuation. They have ...

We expect to hear sometime tomorrow whether we will have a mandatory evacuation. If it is mandatory, we will evacuate. We have 72 hours afte...

The totally unnerving thing is, they don't really know anything yet so they keep putting out their computer models with very broad predi...

His appointment was on Thursday. When he got to the office, no one was there except for one male secretary who knew nothing other than that ...

My son is coming in on Wednesday for a meeting on Thursday with his (public defender) attorney. He wants to go by himself because he "c...

Two years ago today...Rita. This photo was taken a month or two after the storm. Most of the debris was cleared away and the foundation was...

Those of you who pray, please pray hard. My son has left the facility where he has been staying. I have not talked to him yet so I don't...

Actually, the words said "Hurricane forming near Gulf. Keep gas tanks full." These are electronic warning signs along the freeway ...

Waiting, again. This time, with a queasy feeling in my tummy. Last time, I never would have believed a hurricane would do us as much damage ...

The gap has been closed. The fence has been straightened. The two cedar trees are dim memories. It's been a year and I have no words,...

There is anyone out there who does not know it, today is the first day of the rest of the 2006 Hurricane Season. Here are the names of this ...

Now there is light. (A little bit of background: The first two photos are of my parents' front yard. The tree that stood in front of the...

(everybody knows you can click on the picture to make it bigger, right?) 04/22/06 ADDENDUM: Maybe a picture is not worth a thousand words. I...

This past Saturday, we met my father-in-law and his "significant other" for the first time after the hurricane. Her house was floo...

These are photos taken around the area where we evacuated, in rural Louisiana, near Six Mile Creek, close to Dido Community. I spent some ti...