[StBernard] abandoned houses

[Westley Annis]

For Traci and all those who have had to make the choice to "move on"
elsewhere.  The hardest part is missing the familiarity, the neighbors, the
convenience of a neighborhood business just a short drive or walk away, the
schools, churches and everything else that made you love your home.  I am
finding each day that we have to handle those things like the photos that
were lost...............The print is gone, but the memories are in your
mind.  Keep those memories and keep the picture of your memories for your
children and grandchildren.  Yes, we will all become those nice old people
who bore others with stories about their past.  It is in that where St.
Bernard that we loved will live on.
 
 

	----- Original Message ----- 
	
	JER,
	I don't know what happened to society, as a group, people are tired
and have
	no patience. No tolerance for each other, and look for things to
gripe
	about. We tend to focus on the negative, and point out the flaws.
	AND I am desperately trying to change that for myself. It's time to
refocus.
	
	We have made the choice not to return. I miss my neighbors terribly.
We were
	a close neighborhood, and everyone looked out for each other.  If
someone
	was outside working on a project, before you knew it, there was a
group of
	neighbors helping out. We are a COMMUNITY who cared about each
other. (and
	still do) And this is what has been the hardest for me to recover
	from........because I miss my friends......my home......my
	neighbors......the neighborhood. 
	We may have chosen not to return, but we DID NOT abandon the parish,
or our
	friends. My heart is still there. And we have stayed involved with
the
	recovery of St.Bernard Parish and our neighborhood.
	
	Tracie Brown