So, here\'s my story. \r\nI was 14 and had just finished my second week of high school when I was uprooted and was forced to leaving everything I knew behind. I took the 16 hour drive to Lufkin, TX where I met up with my sisters and my uncle along with his family. After staying there for a week I drove to Houston to drop off my sister at there airport because she was moving to NYC to start her new job as a lawyer. While there my mom realized that the company she works for had an office in Houston so we went to check it out. When we got there a few others from her office were there and her boss said the New Orleans office would be setting up shop there for the timebeing. So we spent one last week in Lufkin then moved to a new hotel in Houston. There, I went to work with my mom for about a month, not knowing when I would be able to go back home. I then started school, which I hated. I had no friends and was so far behind I never wanted to return. But sadly enough,I had too. After about 3 weeks we were allowed to go back home. I then lived with my moms friend and went to school by her house. Then my sophomore year I got to move back home. It was the best time of my life. I was able to see my friends whom I had missed so much and I even made a few new friends, one who is now my best friend. After moving back we were in a FEMA trailer and then had to face the damage left from Katrina. I had 16 feet of water in my house and had to start from scratch. We had a loving church group who help us gut our house. We made the best of fixing my house and made it the way we\'ve always wanted it. Although Katrina left me with a nasty result, like my father, step mom and brothers moving to MS it aslo left me with some good results. I am sad i cannot watch my siblings including my 2 year old little sister grow up, but I see them as much as possible and they understand. The result of Katrina changed me so much. I now value friends and family more then ever and I am not a materialistic person. I know the love of family and friends is more important then any material item I can ever have. So although every year we remember Katrina and the devastion left behind. I think of it in a more positive light and remember how much the result of this hurricane has changed in such a positive way.