How do we work?

Once every few weeks a new topic will be displayed on the blog. Young people, ages 5 - 96, will submit their responses. Student writing will be posted as it is received. Know someone that would love to contribute? Pass the word.

Blog #14 Topic Choices:
Write about a place or an aspect of New Orleans that has influenced you OR use the words "Escaping the heat/to get out of the heat..." of New Orleans.

Submission Logistics: Submissions should be in response to the blog topic. Poetry and prose, up to 500 words in length, should be emailed as a Microsoft Word attachment. Emails should include author’s first name, age, and School.

Submissions can be sent to: youngneworleanswritingtogether@gmail.com
Submission due date: May 31st, 2012 @ 5pm

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Alli - Mayfair Lane


Mayfair Lane is my favorite street in New Orleans, although it is located in Kenner. On this street, there is a pink house that once belonged to my Grandparents on my Dad’s side. It’s where my Dad and all his brothers and sisters grew up, and where all my cousins and I grew up. There were countless memories in this house including Christmas, Thanksgiving, and plenty of birthdays. By the time I was born, only my Grandparents and my youngest aunt lived in the house. Even though I did not live here, it always felt like a second home to me, which is why the day that my Grandparents moved to Florida was devastating for everyone. We were leaving our childhood and our memories in the house. My Dad was born in 1962 and only a couple of years later they moved from Honduras to the house on Mayfair Lane. Years and years have been spent at this house which is why I will always remember it. 

Alli, age 16 
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