“In the madness, you have to find calm.”
~ Lupita Nyong’o
I checked in
with a friend in Houston this week to see how she and her family were
doing. Initially, she replied right away
and said that she and her family were fine; there was flooding around them, but
their house was on dry land. And then I
didn’t hear from her for two days. I
texted her again. She replied and said
that she had been dealing with her own emergency: Her elderly parents had been evacuated by
boat by the National Guard two nights earlier because their house had
flooded. She said that the National
Guard members were incredibly kind and thoughtful. They took her father in his wheelchair on the
boat and made sure he had all his medicines.
And then the National Guard played Frank Sinatra on the boat to keep everyone
calm. My friend said that her mother
recounted the evacuation and trip down “the river,” formerly a street, as quite
an adventure. Her mother said that it
was like a very lovely river cruise, water shimmering, a nice breeze… and of
course Ol’ Blue Eyes.
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