to sharing the our life on the Gulf Coast with the world. Hope you join us in all our memories. Find us on facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk=group_196962713664083&ap=1
"Old MS Gulf Coast Hwy 90" Do you remember?
Memories and Experiences of my life and learning to express myself in writing.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Photographs and Memories
For the past few weeks, I have been hooked on facebook. It's not the games I am hooked on, but a group dedicated to the area I grew up in. I am from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. My little town on the back bay of Biloxi called d'Iberville was pretty much wiped off the map by Katrina. When I joined this group, I didn't know what to expect, but it has been an emotional experience that is hard to describe. I joined this group a couple of weeks ago and it had about 700 members. It has bloomed to over 1200 and each and every person has a photograph or memory to share of our beloved Gulf Coast. Places we grew up with, places that are no longer there, people and culture of the life we grew up with all stirring up emotions of a time we all miss. Many of us sharing memories of the same places that we loved and miss dearly. It was a time when life was simple and magical. Our beautiful coast was destroyed by a couple of hurricanes, the first called Camille that roared ashore in 1969 and wiped out so much. Rebuilding was done, but so much was lost. Then came Katrina. She took away almost everything else that Camille had left. This group seems to have given our memories back to us. So many things I had forgot about were brought back to life for me. I have reconnected with friends and cousins who I have not talked to in years and discovered new relatives that I never knew. I would like to thank all the members of this group for all the photograph and memories and look forward
to sharing the our life on the Gulf Coast with the world. Hope you join us in all our memories. Find us on facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk=group_196962713664083&ap=1
to sharing the our life on the Gulf Coast with the world. Hope you join us in all our memories. Find us on facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk=group_196962713664083&ap=1
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I, too, have enjoyed the pictures and will soon share some. Thank you for helping me rediscover so much of the past we once knew!
ReplyDeleteJudy, It never really was about the place. d'Iberville was d'Iberville because of the people. While the memories may be triggered by seeing the old building, it was the time that we shared, the experiences that we lived together, that made our magical time in d'Iberville so remarkable. It is the friends that I made, and the people that I met that will forever stay with me, even when the last hurricane beaten building is leveled.
ReplyDeleteTo all of you who lost pictures in the storm, I offer what memories my dad captured with his camera. Just email me and I'll look to see if my dad captured you in any of his shots.