The Essence of Who I Am

A look back . . . Our home after Katrina (I wasn't married yet and still living at home) Kitchen We evacuated to Tickfaw to stay with family. Our make shift shower! Part of the shower! No electricity so we washed our clothes in a bucket and hung them out to dry. It was so crowded where we were and hot inside so we slept in tents outside. This is how we cooked! Then we decided to go to Maryland to be with church family! We stood with an awesome couple - the pastor and his wife of the Maryland church. While we were there we made the most of it! Visiting Washington DC. Arlington My 2 nephews went to school and I took online courses. Waiting for the school bus! Eating crabs Maryland style with Sis. Libby! Kevin with his bib! lol Some of the Chalmette church folk that evacuated to Maryland also! It was during Katrina that I realized that I couldn't live without Kevin...

If you don't know by now . . . Dylan loves Monkey and Monkey loves showing up in all kinds of places! Monkey's got a bo-bo from Dylan biting his nose :(

Some reason, lately I've been thinking about my friend Sam (I don't want to use his real name so Sam it is). He committed suicide a few years ago. We rode the same bus in kindergarten, walked to school together in elementary, played with the same neighborhood kids. He would harass me like all boys do girls . . . you know like chase me and pull my hair. Eventually my family moved away but we would still see other when I was at my grandparents' house. He still hung out with my cousin and we talked when he would come over. He was a childhood friend. Then my brother was murdered. Alot of friends and family came over for support including Sam, but he never once looked at me or told me hi or anything at all. I thought that was odd but later understood. Sam was there when my brother was murdered. It was my brother, him, and the murderer that night. He knew my brother was dead and where his body was way before the cops discovered his body. He became a witne...

Two weeks ago we went to Panama City Beach, FL with my parents and two nephews. The beach was beautiful and it wasn't crowded at all. It had rained a few days before so there was plenty of seaweed in the water on the first day, but each day it kept getting clearer and clearer - and even with the seaweed, that didn't stop us from getting in and enjoying the water! Dylan loved the water . . . he just didn't like the sand! No sand castles for us :(   Here is a peek of our trip. Enjoy! @ Baskin Robbins the night before we left! Chocolate! On our way! Even Monkey got to go! Getting comfortable! The view from our balcony!    Splish ...  Splash! Swimming with daddy! That's my dad floating in the back! lol We even got my mom to come in! He didn't like the sand :( But he loved the water! Beach Bums! Dylan and mommy! He had just woke up from a nap! lol Rainbow! The pool at night!