Two Years Later ...

This week marks the 2nd anniversary that Hurricane Katrina slammed into the gulf coast. Betty Lou visited Ground Zero (Bay St. Louis, MS) just last weekend for the first time. It's a sad place, still almost an open wound that won't scab over. Buildings droop and appear to be taking refuge in the weeds and undergrowth that is now overgrowth. But amid the forgotten structures is life, even celebration. As I drove along the waterfront I passed St. Stanislaus College, a presitgious Catholic High School for boys and there was a cook-out going on. Lots of boys and their families filled the sparse front lawn while others played on the beach and in the gulf of Mexico, as dark and murky as it appeared to me.

The lesson of the day? Life goes on. Even spirited and hopeful lives can apparently thrive in an environment still cowering with regret and resignation.