MY FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD IS GRAND ISLE.LOUISIANA.I HAVE BEEN GOING THERE FROM THE AGE OF 9 OR 10 AND IM NOW 55.I GREW UP GOING WITH MY FAMILY ALL THROUGH MY CHILDHOOD.THERE WAS FIVE GIRLS AND SOMETIMES THREE STEP-BROTHERS AT DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGH THE SUMMERS.WE ALWAYS RENTED A POP UP CAMPER AND HAD THE BEST WEEKENDS ON THE BEACH.MY MAMA,AND STEPDAD,MY SISTERS DONNA,DOREEN,DEANNA,AND DELINDA,MY STEP BROTHERS WERE JOEY EDDIE AND ALBERT.WE ALWAYS STAYED ON ELMERS ISLAND.A FEW TIMES WE STAYED AT THE STATE PARK.THOSE WERE SOME OF THE BEST SUMMERS GROWING UP WITH MY FAMILY ON ELMERS ISLAND CAMPING OUT.IN 1990 I MET MY HUSBAND AND WE STARTER TAKING TRIPS TO GRAND ISLE ON WEEKENDS AND VACATIONS.WE CAMPED OUT A LOT ON ELMERS ISLAND.IT BECAME OUR FAVORITE PLACE TO CAMP.THROUGH THE YEARS WE STAYED AT SHADY REST COTTAGES,THE SAND PIPPER INN AND THE BREAKERS INN.IN 1997 MY HUSBAND HAROLD GLEN GUILLIAMS WERE MARRIED ON ELMERS ISLAND JUNE 1ST 1997.IT WAS A BLAST THEN WE CAMPED ON ELMERS FOR 15 DAYS STRAIGHT.WAS ONE OF THE BEST TIMES WE HAD.WE CONTINTUED TO GO FOR YEARS UNTILL MY HUSBAND HAD A HEART-ATTACK.HE CAME A FEW MORE TIMES WITH ME.WE ALWAYS SPOKE OF LIVING ON THE ISLAND WHEN HE HAD RETIRED.MY DAUGHTER-IN -LAW AN I TOOK SEVERAL VACATIONS AND MY SISTER -IN -LAW AND EVEN MADE A TRIP A FEW YEARS AGO WITH MY MOTHER.MY HUSBAND PASSED IN OCTOBER OF 2012 AND WE NEVER GOT TO MOVE AS WE HAD PLANNED.I HAVNT BEEN ABLE TO RETURN SINCE 2012.I REALLY MISS THE ISLAND.AS I SAID ITS MY FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORD GOD WILLING I WILL RETURN AGAIN BEFORE HE TAKES ME TO HEAVEN.
MY FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD.
