It was eight years ago.
My family and I had relocated to Lake Charles, Louisiana because
of hurricane Katrina. My grandmother was an employee of Harrah's Casino so we
were able to get rooms free of no charge.
We were also able to eat at the buffet for free. I should have been happy
that my family was all together but despite that, I felt miserable.
I remember during the whole time we were there, I kept
whining that I wanted to go back home to New Orleans. I was only ten at the
time so I did not have a good gasp of how dangerous hurricane Katrina was. My
auntie would always tell me that we were going back soon but I realize soon
that was just her way of trying to make me feel better. I knew I was never
going back to my house; I was never getting all my valuable things back; and I
was stuck in Lake Charles.
One day when the adults were watching the news, I saw other
families from New Orleans who were still suffering. They had no place to stay
or they were stuck in these hot overcrowded shelters for hurricane victims. It did not take long for me to start feeling
like I was better than them. Those people on the news were more miserable than
me.
Hurricane Katrina stories never cease to be interesting because if you were in New Orleans at the time, you can relate. Thanks for sharing your story. My only advice to you would be to thoroughly proofread your work before posting. You have quite a few grammar and punctuation errors. Also, be sure to use little details whenever possible. For example, you write, "I was never getting all my valuable things back." As a reader, we don't know you enough to know what you value. You could say something more specific like, "I was never going to get my paintings or journals back; the pictures of me riding on horseback with my baby sister were gone for good." Using specific details lets us know something about the writer/narrator.
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