This time last year I was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras. A man stopped our crew to take our picture & I mentioned it was my was first gras & he said it was his 50th! Before the parade swept us away he said that the real challenge of Mardi Gras was receiving all the beauty, recalling his words now makes me tear up. I couldn’t make it this year but it’s on the list for next✨
