's MOTD Mon 8/28

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's Daily Message

Monday

August 28, 2006

GOING HOME

Yesterday after the radio show, I went home and made some stuffed pasta

shells with ground turkey, ricotta cheese, and spinach. After having some

for dinner, I went upstairs to get my luggage. Oh, Hattie and Dolly hate

when the luggage comes out, and when I open the suitcase, they both curl up

in it. So cute!

I`m headed to my birth place, New Orleans. I haven`t seen my brother and

sister-in-law in ages, it seems. I`m going to New Orleans because tomorrow

is the first anniversary of Katrina. I don`t really like using the word

" anniversary " for this occasion. I just need to be there and see for myself

what improvements have or have not been made.

I remember being there a week after Katrina hit for " Entertainment Tonight. "

I have to tell you, I still have nightmares about all that I saw – bodies in

the water, people on crowded boats sailing down a river that used to be

streets, children on rooftops with signs, and there was the smell and the

smoke and all the misery around you everywhere you looked.

Now I`m going back, and I`ll tell you what`s happening down there. I`ve been

reading articles from the Times-Picayune Newspaper weekly to catch up on the

aftermath of Katrina.

Tonight I will take my brother and out to dinner at Arnaud`s. We will

celebrate the fact that New Orleans is still here! Over dinner, Lenny will

have more information to give me, so I`ll be ready for the interviews that I

will do tonight and tomorrow. Tonight is Greta van Susteren, and tomorrow, I

have a few more, including Neil Cavuto.

Lenny wants to drive me by our old house. He wanted to take me there the

last time I was in New Orleans, but I declined. Well, I`m not going to get

myself upset now. Deep breaths, , deep breaths. I will write you

tomorrow from my hotel room, where I will have a view of the Mississippi

River!

I know you have a lot of people to pray for, but I`m asking you today to

take a few moments and say a prayer for all the people in Louisiana,

Mississippi, and all the other areas that were hit by this devastating

hurricane. I thank you in advance!

Love,