Showing posts with label september 11th. Show all posts
Showing posts with label september 11th. Show all posts

9.11.2009

number 8 september1109_1 september1109_2 september1109_3 Numbers mean different things to different people. For example, the number 21 makes me happy because it is my birthday, my dad's birthday and it comes up often in Las Vegas. Or the number 3, there are three sisters in my family, and it is truly the magic number.
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As I go about my day today, it is fairly normal, Hermie sighs, the sun is out, the mailman delivers my mail and I had a bowl of strawberries and a cookie from yesterday for breakfast, but beneath all the normalcy there is an underlying sadness, a fear, sorrow, fright...it isn't only today that I remember 9/11, but it is in the firefighters I see, a flag hung above a front door, the emergency items stored in the garage, a disabled marine at the airport, a plan to pack up the animals in case we need to leave in a rush, a mother wearing the image of her militant daughter, and most importantly the human connection that stretches far beyond borders, history and politics, may today be one of normal happy moments and remembrance.
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*Thank you, Mom, for finding a vintage card catalog...it inspired today's post and I adore it and you!

9.11.2008

today
The mailman delivered a very adorable postcard from
an adorable someone.
Today I remember where I was seven years ago, waking
up at a hotel next to Disneyland with plans to return to
the shops and have breakfast. Seeing on the news what
had happened, but not making any sense of it. Disneyland
among other prominent public places was closed. I saw
from my window families heading towards the park with
strollers, mouse ears and excitement and realized they
had not seen the morning news, they didn't know what
had happened, yet.