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

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Francie - Home

Home is Where the Heart Is

I will never forget the day I came home after living in Denim Springs
for 3 months after Hurricane Katrina.  I think that was the happiest I
had ever been in my 10 years here on Earth.  The first thing I saw
when we had reached our exit was the Denny's Restaurant sign
completely twisted.  I knew that things were going to be different,
and they definitely were, but there was one thing that wasn't.  The
spirit of the community was as vibrant as ever.  Our town had come
together more than ever, and that was the moment that I really fell in
love with my city.  With the help of the Saints, we showed the rest of
the country that we were here to stay.

Francie, age 17
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