a letter to the northeast

Dear Northeast,

Wow, your week is about to suck. Trust me I know! Potentially it will continue to suck for many months. But ultimately you’ll come out of it okay. People find a way. You will become very resourceful, you’ll bond with your friends and neighbors in ways you never expected, and you’ll have a lot of love and help from the rest of us from far away, too.

All that said, I hope you’re …

ready for a fight. There might be some who tell you that whatever happens was punishment from God, that you’re an idiot for living where you live, that your home should be abandoned. There will be people who tell you that it’s your own damn fault. They’ll say that you should have known, that you deserved this misery, that the rest of us shouldn’t be responsible for taking care of you, that you are not worth saving. So stop your whining already.

Well, to hell with them. Be safe. And if you need to, call us when you get to the other side. You can stay with us as long as you need to. Because when the shit flies, we are all responsible for each other. It’s the only way to survive.

Love,
New Orleans

Stolen from Julie Markt Schneller

i stole this and took it back to fb to post. i love it.

*like* xxx

Gypsy Spirit

October 30, 2012

well said. yes people usually come through such difficulties with stronger community values and a sense of appreciation for what poreviously often came easy. The storm looks dreadful, but if I have learned anything in recent years its from the people of our city of Christchurch here in NZ that had that horrific earthquake. The people down there are stronger and wiser than ever before. hugs p

gray tabby

October 31, 2012

already seeing the people getting to know neighbors and helping each other in some of the news stories on tv from nyc and nj. i do hope obama stays on top of getting things that are needed to rebuild. take care,

songbird

Spoken from experience and I so agree. Terrible days behind and more to come, sadly. They need to know we care.

Thanks for posting this. <3

Mezzo

November 3, 2012

I love you Daisy. Always have, always will. ~M

~Ostara~

November 13, 2012

i love this… one of the guys i used to work with who works in the city of course hasn’t been back to work yet, the building was flooded and now, they have no eta of back to work. a month ago, i was on Asbury Park boardwalk…it’s gone. hasn’t anyone figured out that mother nature is pissed off yet?

WebWoman

November 19, 2012

This is a wonderful, compassionate entry. Sorry I didn’t see it at the time. Louisiana would know!

Me Explorer

November 20, 2012

Of course I’m coming to read this late, but this person in the northeast thanks you from the bottom of my heart.

Happy Thanksgiving!! 🙂