Hurrican Rita
Hey guys..i thought i'd update and vent out some stuff going on with me. as most of you know, i live back in calallen...i've been here almost 3 weeks now, so, that's how long it's been since i've seen my mom,dad,and sister. the hurricane caused my parents to evacuate b/c it was going straight for them. my hometown is/was Lake Charles, an area that got hit very very hard when the hurricane touched land. anyway, i want y'all to realize that these hurricanes mean business...i'm in awe of what it did to my hometown. i haven't seen pictures yet but my mom told me that my dad and his friend went exploring around the town and took pics. my house has a fucking 100 yr. old oak tree in it...the tree just fell over into my house, caving my roof in. every house on my street has a tree in their house. my whole house is wet. no, it didn't flood where we lived. off the main road you take to get to my house, which was a busy street, looks like a battle zone according to my dad. there are knocked down trees, powerlines, cars smashed, pieces of peoples houses all kinds of shit. 2 streets down from my house is a huge church that i went to. its a well known church...well in the front of the church there is this angel...its praying and its wings are out and its beautiful..well, when my dad passed by the church, he noticed that the angel was still there...but there was all kinds of trash around her, there are also huge trees around the church and just some how, not ONE thing touched this angel. My dad's company blew away(it was in cameron...also one of the first places Rita hit) therefore, my dad is unemployed. My mom's building is trashed, she is unemployed. my parents now have ABSOLUETLY nothing. they don't even know where they are going to live. or where they are going to move. or how they are going to start over with nothing. i was brought up in a home where i always had everything i needed and wanted. i had a great life. my parents did everything for me...what did they do to deserve this? i understand that it happened to other familys...i guess its just different when its your OWN family, it gets more personal. and to top it off...i'm in calallen, being no assistance to my parents in their time of need, when they'd be there for me...it was kind of a reality check when my mom told me,"Well Meg, I guess you are going to actually have to take care of yourself because there is no way I can help you because i can't even help myself." That is like WOAH..so, here i am..i'll get through this, they will eventually get through it too, it's just going to take a while. atleast this will be the perfect time to prove them i can do it. send me love guys. :(