[How it ended: When Amy sent her friend Christmas cards in 2001 and 2002 and didn't hear back, she didn't worry. She knew her friend was busy with her children; so was Amy. But when Amy's dad died and the friend only sent a condolence letter to Amy's mother,] I realized it was probably deliberate, ... I'm not going to wrack my brain wondering what offended her. It just slowly dissolved. If she doesn't want to hear from me, I'm not going to bother her. |
[The friendship: With a high school friend,] my alter ego, ... always daring to do what I was too inhibited to do, which is why I enjoyed her company. |
A hundred, to a kindergartner, is hard to understand. We can tell them that a dollar is a hundred pennies, but to them, it's just a piece of paper. We show them. |
And we count days every day. We use number words, numerals and counting sticks. Today, we made our first bundle of 100. That's big for us. |
Exits on roads were blocked off for a hundred miles, you had to keep going and couldn't look back. |
I am still trying to process the experiences I had with the hurricane. The hardest part is that I tell my story from first-hand experience. |
I would have immediately done something the first time the child was tripped, whether it was my child or someone else's. I would have been over to see if she was okay. I would not have been able to just sit there. She (Breese) should get something. |
It's just too heartbreaking, |
It's not a time for anarchy or trying to make a buck. My real concern is the impoverished people waiting in their houses to be picked up or waiting at the Superdome to get out of the city. |
Recovery is based on money and privilege. |
The day was a real eye-opener and cultural stretch for me. |
The future is way up in the air right now. |
There are definitely uses for it but it is still a challenge to find something that will pay enough to get it out of the woods. |
These are the words that I keep coming back to. This was when I knew the situation would be out of our hands. |
They don't have any power. The water is still rising as we speak. |