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Here are two poems I wrote during Harvey, "Hazard Pay" and "Hurricane Tattoo." During Harvey, Seabrook was under voluntary evacuation so I relocated to Austin with our pets while my husband stayed in Houston to work at Texas Children's Hospital.

These are seven poems dealing with the before, during, and after-effects of Horrible Harvey Wallbanger, the name I blithely bestowed upon the hurricane before the devastation began for real and took the funny away. My husband and I were two of the…

Essay of a transcendent experience trying to get home as Harvey hit

I wrote a poem days before Harvey for Gray Matters asking Hurricane Harvey to spare the rest of my family, to take me if it needed to take anyone. Our house was flooded with three feet of water. The poems after the flood were written for my…

I was inspired to write this poem as I watched the news during Harvey. I had family members who had to be rescued from their homes, and I waited desperately to hear that they were safe. I went through Alison, and I felt it in my spirit to write this…

hurricane diary I kept during Harvey

article published in Gray Matters about writing with children after the storm

Houston Strong is a chapter from the new book Ride It Out: Transforming Storms Into Greatness, a newly released book dedicated to Hurricane Harvey Survivors. The book is an inspirational memoir on how to transform the painful storms in life and…

Shoes On- A Sermon Preached at Christ Church Cathedral, Houston on 10 September 2017. A Personal Reflection on Callaham's experience of Harvey. This Sermon is also available in audio format at…

As a native Houstonian, I've lived through other hurricanes and the damage of Tropical Storm Allison, but never believed I would witness rain and flooding like Harvey. I wrote this piece on the third day, struck by the persistence of the rain and the…