Be
fore they got a new policy, they built a barn to help store her mother’s possessions. Her husband hammered the final nail Thursday.
Keeping family together
The Red Cross has offered to help with rent, but the family cannot find a place in Choctaw large enough for her family.
"That’s the main thing. I want my family all back together on the land that I grew up on and they have grown up on,” Myers said.
Her family is spread across the metro area, and the first thing she wants is for them to stay together.
Aside from that, Myers said she doesn’t know what she can do.
"People ask me, ‘How does it feel?’ and the way I tell them is you think about every person that you’ve ever lost from the time you were a little kid until now, and you think about that, and its like reliving all that all over again, but this time it’s final,” Myers said.
"And that’s how it feels, because every little piece you’ve had of them is gone.”
