I’m in Lafayette...no stranger to Opelousas! I worked with a volunteer animal aid agency in the NO area following the storm.
Wow, small world. We haven’t been home since October of last year. My parents came up here last month.
My husband’s unit was based at Lake Front airport in NO when Katrina hit. They had just returned from Iraq about 8 months or so before. We were expecting our second child and he, of course, was activated. He was able to come home for the birth for a week, but then it was right back to work.
I miss Lafayette. We used to go to Sticks on Johnston street. That’s where we met.