<p>Ya doin’ okay? Sending hugs and wishing things were different. Last week you were concerned about your son arriving home late at night, and this week brings a whole new kettle of fish. Hope your family and your son are wending your ways safely back home.</p>
<p>jmmom has posted on the Tulane site today. S is back home in Maine and jmmom and H are awaiting a flight out of Memphis. It was good to get an update from her, we have all been worried.</p>
<p>Oh, cc friends . What a nice thing to find this thread and the others where many of you have expressed concern. We are fine and I have posted from time to time on various threads when I have had internet access, feeding my addiction, keeping in touch and learning from other ccers who have information or perspective on the Katrina experience. It is so welcoming to find a thread simply of greetings and concern.</p>
<p>Thank you for that concern. We have not had to worry about physical safety. DS, DH and I have been safely out of harms way, due to very effective evacuation planning on Tulanes part for DS and stumbling into a successful evacuation for DH and myself. </p>
<p>DH and I have spent the last days, evacuated to Baton Rouge, around folks with much to worry about and fear. Most from areas where the damage was extreme and who know or are pretty sure that their homes are destroyed. Some fear they have no jobs to return to. Their spirits have been amazing. </p>
<p>I am somewhat ashamed of myself, in that context, for the worries that plague me in the night. When will Tulane resume? How will S react? I know he is discouraged. He has beat us home and is spending a few extra days with friends who have not yet departed for their own colleges. That part is good. But he is acutely aware that they will all be gone in a matter of 3 or 4 days. We have hardly had a chance to talk, due to differing evacuation routes and lack of cell or land line connections; but he has shared that thought with me. If the news coming out of Tulane is very bad, if the closure will be extended, I am not sure what my role will be in helping him navigate the hiatus. I am not sure I can be effective. He is not a talker, at least not at this stage of his life. I am thinking I should treat him like the un-tamed animal that one of you suggested on another thread: wait for him to come to me, if he so chooses, with what might be on his mind.</p>
<p>I know I will get support and ideas here. You should know how comforting that is, to have you all as a resource.</p>