Caring and help are hallmarks of community

To the editor:

I was reading the Speak Out opinions about people in Dutchtown and other areas who were flooded. What was said made me unhappy. As a child growing up in south Cape, we had to move out when the water came up. As a community, everybody went back and helped each other clean up their homes. We could not afford to live uptown.

When you are raised in a community of people who have love and compassion for each other, you can understand why people move back home to their community. It's a bond that they have with each other.

God said to show love one to another. To all the cities that have suffered: Please don't stop helping each other. A house is a house until you make it into a home. A community where everyone helps each other is a community that stands for something. It is like God's love for us. It can't be broken.

MARIAN WALKER

Cape Girardeau