August 29, 2005 – August 29, 2010
The rain is clearing and we are holding our Release party this evening. We’re going to burn all our grievances and regrets and we’re going to cast (Jewish style) a piece of bread into the bayou for our many wishes. Today marks 5 years since the great levee failure of 2005 and we are going to get down on our knees figuratively and be grateful for where we are today. Hallelujah we’re home, home at last.
Through everything that everyone here has endured in the last five years, I can say we are stronger, wiser and our roots are deeper into this alluvial delta soil than at any other time in our lives – we’re gnarly, tangled, knees up, and rooted right where we belong – in New Orleans.