Evacuee Makes NWA Home, Now Focuses On Son
By: Alex Flippin
Updated: August 29, 2007
Two years ago, Rose Sparrow had problems....big problems in fact. Hurricane Katrina size problems. Because after the storm hit New Orleans, Roses family was without a home...but like many evacuees, after being displaced by Katrina, Rose liked where she ended up and began rebuilding a life in Siloam Springs. Roses son Roger adapted well to his new life. The memories of Katrina still linger but no two years later his mothers worries are very different. Roses worries switched from concerns over making a new home, to concerns over her son making it into a good college....and it may be the first time through the whole ordeal shes really had to ask for help. New Orleans continues to rebuild and residents there continue to deal with emerging problems such as a rampant homeless situation, but for Rose....her biggest worry has nothing to do with the past and everything to do with her sons future.
