(Amelia) Esch today - why must history repeat itself?

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I thought that only once in a lifetime I would break my life down to the bones, forced to rebuilt the skeleton. I thought I was strong - and I am. But not strong enough. Not strong enough to do it all over again. I moved to Houston, Texas to escape the Pit. I have lived here for almost eight years, happy and free. The world will shape you if you let it. It will show you all its' secrets, but sadly some are dirty. I thought I left my old life and bad luck behind, but I came to find out that it follows me.

Never had I thought that Houston would have a hurricane too. Twelve years later, irony or karma has come back to get me. Texas is notorious for being in drought, so why would flooding ever be an issue?

I had I life for myself. A job, a place to call home, and I was happy being free. My life was built around my desires.

Oh yes, and my daughter. She will turn nine next week. She is the reason we left the Pit. I want her to be strong, to live a life of freedom and accomplishment. She shall never succumb to her surroundings. I will let no one drag her down like they did me.

Harvey. What relation do you have with Katrina? Cousin? Brother? Father? Son? Perhaps only an acquaintance? Why have you chosen my life to strip down to the bones? Why my daughter's? Standing on the roof of my flooded home, we could never fathom why or how nature could be so destructive. Why me? Why us? Why again?

That is that. When the floods dry up, we will start over. Rebuild the body of our lives over some salvaged skeletal bones. We shall start over again, and I will teach my daughter how to be strong. Katrina taught me, and you, Harvey, shall teach her.


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