In-Person Away Virtual Events, LLC ~ The Beginning
In late August 2005, my home and job were destroyed by hurricane Katrina. Because of that devastation, I was forced to relocate to St. Louis, Missouri to rebuild and restart my life. While many family members originally geographically dispersed by the storm were subsequently able to return to New Orleans, my daughter and I were not. It was her senior year of high school and her school along with most others in New Orleans had been closed indefinitely. She was forced to complete her final year of high school in St. Louis. Like most New Orleanians who found themselves in the same situation, we had resigned ourselves to making do with what we had when it came to communicating and visiting family. We would use the traditional forms of communication to stay in touch with our family and prioritize the events that would qualify for a physical return visit. It...