I could go back but there's no place to go to, ... Nothing will ever be the same. |
I don't have my car anymore, so it's hard to get around, ... My parents used to call me every day, now I can't even call them. I just get a busy signal. |
I was happy to be back home with my little brother and my pet cockatiel Benji, |
I was lucky to get away from that with only a few small injuries, ... The next day I looked at the car and just couldn't believe I had survived it. |
My parents are in Lafayette, and my brother's going to school in Houston now, ... Benji was left in New Orleans, and he actually survived the storm, but he escaped from his cage when my parents went back to salvage what was left of the house. |
Otherwise we would get professionals who do this all the time and have all the expensive equipment come in and try to wipe out the locals. |
This experience has given me a second chance, ... I wanted to come back, because I would like to leave this school on good terms. But I still want to go home. |
We made lemonade out of this. |