6/1/07
Today was another early day. We had to check out of our hotel and be back at the library at 8:30am. There was one more oral history to be completed and the people to conduct it were not chosen yet. In the back on my mind I was thinking about how much I did not want it to be me. With my luck I was one of the four chosen to conduct the interview. The lady we were interviewing was Mrs. Prima. We were all well acquainted with her which made the interview a lot easier. She answered each question gracefully with emotion and meaning. It was easy to feel her pain although it was obvious that tried to prevent from breaking down.
After the interview was completed many people complimented me on doing a good job conducting the interview. This came as a shock to me considering that this was not my comfort zone. I started to think why questions just kept coming and coming. The answer that I came up with was that it had nothing to do with me. It was all Mrs. Prima. Because I started to understand what she and others went through during the storm, I realized that this really had an impact on me. I really cared about the situation in Bay St. Louis.After the interview we loaded the bus and went to the laundry mat to wash clothes, and after that we were on our way to New Orleans!!