Joan Spraggins

Joan’s interview may be the best interview we have ever filmed. We sat with camera rolling for more than 45 minutes listening to her story, tearing up every once in a while as she told of the losses she had experienced. Joan is a psychiatric nurse and actress in a local group. Her style and grace were unequaled as she told her story of the days surrounding the Katrina tragedy. She was evacuated with her charges in the hospital and not given the chance to return to her house until a month afterwards. All was lost. She was so grateful for the materials that IDES had provided in rebuilding her home and the workers that came to volunteer, especially the little Amish girl from Pennsylvania who insisted on cleaning out the fireplace. We all cried. Joan still says her biggest loss was all her shoes!