And so We Leave

Today we are leaving. It has been a long week filled with anger, frustration, victory and laughter. I have missed my family so much; missed the familiarity of home and the predictable rythm of life there but this has been my home too. New Orleans welcomed me, was glad we were here to help... everyone we talked to was so nice and the church treated us like ambassadors. So as I sit here, putting some of my feelings into words, I think how nice it will be to be home, in the arms of the ones I love and that love me and counting my blessings, I have to think of the people that can't go home. Those that were devestated by this disaster only have their burned out, gutted and rotting houses... some of them watched their loved ones get swept away.. some of them had to leave beloved pets behind to die of starvation in order to live themselves. They will never again be the same. We can't ever restore their hearts. I leave this place forever changed too. Going home....