Goes Without Saying: Pretty in Pink

Cara Starnes Huber is one of our classmates who was still living in Slidell when Hurricane Katrina hit. Like many others, she and her family have been fixing their home, making slow progress, as they carry on their daily lives in another location, in their case, Jackson, Mississippi. During our email correspondence, I asked when she; her husband, Tim; and their sons, Garrett and Gavin, would return to their home.

Our house will probably be fixed in the March/April time frame. However, Entergy [where Cara works] won’t be going home that quickly. We will probably have to stay here in Jackson until the May/June time frame--that is, if we return to Louisiana. That’s still undecided as far as I know.

I saw Teri [Barrett Sharpe] at the pediatrician’s office on Monday! We have to come to Slidell for all of our appointments because I didn’t want to switch in the event that we do go back.

Tim works for UPS and since his location flooded, they’re letting him work here. However, he’ll have to go back eventually, and for now, at least we’re all together. Most of my coworkers are separated from their families and that’s so difficult. We’re blessed that we’re all together.

I don’t have any family photos with me. They’re boxed up in a pod somewhere. In fact, we haven’t taken a family portrait in a while and we’re due for one! We don’t have any pictures as a family with Gavin. That’s another thing for my ‘to do’ list!

Yeah, it’s just like me to ask people displaced by the storm to send me family pictures for the blog. Cara didn't seem to hold it against me, though: she forwarded my email to Tommy Griffith, who gave me information for Doug Dicke and Zeke Riddle. The web is reaching out for you, too, so make it easy for us to find you.